29 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 249,650 times   279 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 263,703 times   364 Legal Analyses
    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' "
  3. In re Burlington Coat Factory

    114 F.3d 1410 (3d Cir. 1997)   Cited 7,552 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court may consider a "document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint" when deciding a motion to dismiss
  4. Morse v. Lower Merion School District

    132 F.3d 902 (3d Cir. 1997)   Cited 6,140 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because "the notion of deliberate indifference contemplates a danger that must at least be foreseeable," defendant cannot be said to have ignored a foreseeable risk or danger if plaintiff has not shown the existence of such a risk
  5. California Public Employees' Retirement System v. Chubb Corp.

    394 F.3d 126 (3d Cir. 2004)   Cited 1,238 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding Rule 9(b) and the PSLRA's heightened pleading requirements apply to Section 14 claims, at least where such claims are based on allegations of fraud
  6. Doe v. Delie

    257 F.3d 309 (3d Cir. 2001)   Cited 654 times
    Holding that where claims for injunctive and declaratory relief were moot, and claim for compensatory damages was prohibited, "[t]he availability of damages or other monetary relief almost always avoids mootness"
  7. Iwanejko v. Grigsby

    249 F. App'x 938 (3d Cir. 2007)   Cited 123 times
    Holding that district courts must "appl[y] Rule 1042.3 as substantive state law"
  8. Thompson v. Nason Hosp

    527 Pa. 330 (Pa. 1991)   Cited 161 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Finding hospital may have been negligent in supervising the quality of care when staff were aware of patient's condition yet did nothing
  9. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 342,515 times   917 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  10. Section 12101 - Findings and purpose

    42 U.S.C. § 12101   Cited 23,126 times   65 Legal Analyses
    Finding a pattern of " unnecessary discrimination and prejudice" that "costs the United States billions of dollars in unnecessary expenses resulting from dependency and nonproductivity"
  11. Section 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

    18 U.S.C. § 371   Cited 21,345 times   138 Legal Analyses
    Requiring proof of an "act to effect the object of the conspiracy"
  12. Section 3729 - False claims

    31 U.S.C. § 3729   Cited 6,678 times   622 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable "any person" who knowingly causes false claims to be presented
  13. Section 1344 - Bank fraud

    18 U.S.C. § 1344   Cited 4,880 times   58 Legal Analyses
    Defining the maximum prison terms for wire fraud that affects a financial institution and bank fraud, which define the penalties for the conspiracy crime that Anderson pleaded guilty to according to 18 U.S.C. § 1349, as "not more than 30 years"
  14. Section 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant

    18 U.S.C. § 1512   Cited 4,295 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Defining "law enforcement officer" as "an officer or employee of the Federal Government "
  15. Section 241 - Conspiracy against rights

    18 U.S.C. § 241   Cited 4,122 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Criminalizing civil-rights violations
  16. Section 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law

    18 U.S.C. § 242   Cited 3,759 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Noting that "if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section," the defendant "shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both"
  17. Section 1 - Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty

    15 U.S.C. § 1   Cited 2,878 times   64 Legal Analyses
    Making illegal "[e]very contract, combination ..., or conspiracy, in restraint of trade"
  18. Section 1503 - Influencing or injuring officer or juror generally

    18 U.S.C. § 1503   Cited 2,505 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Relating to obstruction of justice
  19. Section 803.1 - What does this part cover?

    21 C.F.R. § 803.1   Cited 30 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Establishing requirements for medical device reporting
  20. Section 46.101 - To what does this policy apply?

    45 C.F.R. § 46.101   Cited 30 times   7 Legal Analyses

    (a) Except as detailed in §46.104, this policy applies to all research involving human subjects conducted, supported, or otherwise subject to regulation by any Federal department or agency that takes appropriate administrative action to make the policy applicable to such research. This includes research conducted by Federal civilian employees or military personnel, except that each department or agency head may adopt such procedural modifications as may be appropriate from an administrative standpoint