Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding 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

Edwards v. City of Goldsboro

Holding that First Amendment rights of an off-duty officer communicating about concealed weapons were sufficiently established by precedent regarding off-duty officer's entertainment performances

McLean v. U.S.

Holding that dismissal without prejudice for failure to state claim does not qualify as strike

Burbach Broadcasting Co of Del v. Elkins Radio

Finding that because the defendant filed his motion to dismiss, or in the alterative, motion for judgment on the pleadings, after filing his answer, the court would “construe the motion as one for judgment on the pleadings”

Blankenship v. Manchin

Holding that the leader of an energy company stated a plausible First Amendment retaliation claim based on West Virginia governor's remarks in a newspaper that the energy company could expect more regulatory oversight following the leader's opposition to the governor's pension bond reforms, because the remarks constituted "a threat ... directed towards an individual who is the head of a company in a highly regulated industry"

Independence News, v. City of Charlotte

Upholding grant of partial judgment on the pleadings because government had a "sufficient evidentiary basis" to justify speech restriction

Guessford v. Pa. Nat'l Mut. Cas. Ins. Co.

Holding that the insured stated a claim where the insurer paid less than the amount of total medical expenses despite knowing the actual cost of plaintiff's medical expenses

Gawry v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.

In Gawry, the court held the "inherently transitory" exception did not apply to the plaintiff's claims because she knew the contractual provision challenged in the lawsuit expired in three years, and she did not move for class certification until nearly five years after executing the contract.

Martin v. First Advantage Background Servs. Corp.

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 23 - Class Actions

Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"

Section 1681a - Definitions; rules of construction

Adopting definition of "credit" and "creditor" as defined by 15 U.S.C. § 1691a(d)-(e)

Section 1681e - Compliance procedures

Requiring "[e]very consumer reporting agency" to "maintain reasonable procedures . . . to limit the furnishing of consumer reports" to permissible purposes

Section 1681k - Public record information for employment purposes

Stating a "consumer reporting agency which furnishes a consumer report for employment purposes ... shall maintain strict procedures designed to insure that whenever public record information which is likely to have an adverse effect on a consumer's ability to obtain employment is reported it is complete and up to date"