Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 263,477 times 281 Legal AnalysesHolding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 276,716 times 369 Legal AnalysesHolding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing
Curley v. Village of Suffern
268 F.3d 65 (2d Cir. 2001) Cited 1,194 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 1,296 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 1,144 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 1,048 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 446 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 394 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 296 timesHolding that a right is clearly established if, among other things, it is recognized by the Supreme Court or this circuit
Hafner v. Brown
983 F.2d 570 (4th Cir. 1992) Cited 132 timesHolding a police officer liable for conspiracy when he watched his fellow officers beat a suspect who had already been subdued
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 162,085 times 197 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."