Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 251,689 times 279 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 265,662 times 364 Legal AnalysesHolding 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' "
Curley v. Village of Suffern
268 F.3d 65 (2d Cir. 2001) Cited 1,171 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that the existence of probable cause for an arrest alleged to be in retaliation for protected speech affects the second prong of the First Amendment analysis
Ricciuti v. N.Y.C. Transit Authority
124 F.3d 123 (2d Cir. 1997) Cited 1,261 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that there was no protection by immunity for police officer who conspired to fabricate a known false confession and forward that confession to prosecutor
Dwares v. City of New York
985 F.2d 94 (2d Cir. 1993) Cited 1,133 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that complaint alleging officers conspired with skinheads to allow them to beat up others with impunity sufficiently stated a due process claim
Walker v. City of New York
974 F.2d 293 (2d Cir. 1992) Cited 1,023 timesHolding that failure by District Attorney to train Assistant District Attorneys on Brady obligations could support Monell liability where plaintiffs did not allege a history of disclosure violations
Russo v. City of Bridgeport
479 F.3d 196 (2d Cir. 2007) Cited 443 timesHolding that a detainee is protected from “a sustained detention stemming directly from the law enforcement officials' refusal to investigate available exculpatory evidence” and allowing an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the jailers to proceed even though the detainee had numerous court appearances during his detention
Rounseville v. Zahl
13 F.3d 625 (2d Cir. 1994) Cited 382 timesHolding that, where the state claim required an application of state law that was potentially novel, the state claim was appropriately resolved in state court, and retention of the state claim after the dismissal of the federal claim "would be an inappropriate exercise of pendent jurisdiction and a waste of judicial resources"
Young v. County of Fulton
160 F.3d 899 (2d Cir. 1998) Cited 293 timesHolding that a right is clearly established if, among other things, it is recognized by the Supreme Court or this circuit
Gisondi v. Town of Harrison
72 N.Y.2d 280 (N.Y. 1988) Cited 148 timesHolding that a twenty-year difference in age between the plaintiff and the described suspect did not establish malicious prosecution
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 155,637 times 193 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."