Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "

Robbins v. Oklahoma

Holding that collective allegations do not satisfy a plaintiff's "burden . . . to provide fair notice of the grounds for the claims made against each of the defendants"

Arizona v. United States

Holding a state law that "authoriz[ed] state officers to decide whether an alien should be detained for being removable" was conflict preempted because it "violates the principle that the removal process is entrusted to the discretion of the Federal Government"

Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee

Holding that federal drug and medical device laws pre-empted a state tort-law claim based on failure to properly communicate with the FDA

American Dental Assoc. v. Cigna Corp.

Holding that the district court properly dismissed plaintiffs' § 1962(c) claims because plaintiffs had not sufficiently pled the acts of mail and wire fraud alleged to form a pattern of racketeering activity

Pension Fund v. Marine Bank

Holding that the definition of deceptive acts and practices under GBL § 349 includes "representations or omissions"

Martinez v. Combs

Holding that California's wage and hour laws do not impose liability on "individual corporate agents acting within the scope of their agency"

Wisconsin Dept. of Industry v. Gould Inc.

Holding that a state's use of its spending power to sanction certain conduct unrelated to the state contract at issue was regulatory

In re Travel Agent Com'n. Antst. Litig

Holding that plaintiffs' claims relying on "indeterminate assertions" that "defendants" or "defendants' executives" participated in the alleged conspiracy were insufficient under Twombly

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Section 201 - Short title

Setting fourteen as the minimum age for most non-agricultural work

Section 203 - Definitions

Recognizing that "custom or practice" under a collective-bargaining agreement can make changing clothes noncompensable

Section 552.102 - Live-in domestic service employees

Defining hours worked for a "live-in worker"

Section 62.31 - Au pairs

Regarding the obligation to "fully monitor all au pair exchanges"

Section 552.100 - Application of minimum wage and overtime provisions

Permitting the employer to credit "the actual cost or fair market value" of furnishing food and lodging, "whichever is less"

Section 62.4 - Categories of participant eligibility

Defining the categories of persons eligible for a J-1 visa

Section 62.9 - General obligations of sponsors