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Brown v. JP Morgan Chase

MOTION to Dismiss And Incorporated Memorandum of Law

57 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 269,421 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts are not required "to credit a complaint's conclusory statements without reference to its factual context"

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 282,303 times   369 Legal Analyses
    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

  3. Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife

    504 U.S. 555 (1992)   Cited 29,482 times   144 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"

  4. Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc.

    528 U.S. 167 (2000)   Cited 7,528 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiffs who curtailed their recreational activities on a river due to reasonable concerns about the effect of pollutant discharges into that river had standing

  5. Murphy Brothers, Inc. v. Michetti Pipe Stringing

    526 U.S. 344 (1999)   Cited 2,865 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, where defendant was faxed a courtesy copy of a filed complaint, defendant's time to remove is not triggered "by mere receipt of the complaint unattended by any formal service"

  6. Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick

    559 U.S. 154 (2010)   Cited 1,166 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Copyright Act's requirement that copyright holders register their works before suing for infringement "is a precondition to filing a claim that does not restrict a federal court's subject-matter jurisdiction"

  7. Bender v. Williamsport Area School Dist

    475 U.S. 534 (1986)   Cited 3,034 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a school board member sued in his official capacity was bound by the board’s litigation decisions and could not file his own notice of appeal

  8. Jerome Stevens Pharm v. Food Drug Admin

    402 F.3d 1249 (D.C. Cir. 2005)   Cited 1,071 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts may look beyond pleadings in the complaint to ascertain their own jurisdiction

  9. Anderson v. Wachovia Mortg. Corp.

    621 F.3d 261 (3d Cir. 2010)   Cited 447 times
    Holding that to make out a prima facie case of discrimination, facts are needed to show "a causal nexus between the harm suffered and the plaintiff's membership in a protected class, from which a reasonable juror could infer, in light of common experience, that the defendant acted with discriminatory intent"

  10. Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches v. England

    454 F.3d 290 (D.C. Cir. 2006)   Cited 438 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Navy's "practice of retaining Catholic chaplains past applicable age limits" constituted only "hypothetical" injury for Protestant chaplains

  11. 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 364,364 times   963 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 165,340 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  13. Section 2 - Judicial Power and Jurisdiction

    U.S. Const. art. III, § 2   Cited 11,255 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Granting federal courts power only to resolve “cases” and “controversies”

  14. Section 1692a - Definitions

    15 U.S.C. § 1692a   Cited 6,360 times   83 Legal Analyses
    Defining debt collector

  15. Section 3604 - Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices

    42 U.S.C. § 3604   Cited 4,264 times   65 Legal Analyses
    Requiring any "accommodation" in "rules, policies, practices, or services" to be "reasonable"

  16. Section 1691 - Scope of prohibition

    15 U.S.C. § 1691   Cited 1,773 times   60 Legal Analyses
    Providing that it is unlawful "for any creditor to discriminate against any applicant, with respect to any aspect of a credit transaction . . . because all or part of the applicant's income derives from any public assistance program"

  17. Section 3613 - Enforcement by private persons

    42 U.S.C. § 3613   Cited 1,589 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Granting right to sue in state or federal court

  18. Section 12-301 - Limitation of time for bringing actions

    D.C. Code § 12-301   Cited 919 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Imposing a three-year statute of limitations on actions "for the recovery of personal property"

  19. Section 3605 - Discrimination in residential real estate-related transactions

    42 U.S.C. § 3605   Cited 470 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Barring "discriminat[ion] against any person in making available such a [housing] transaction ... because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin"

  20. Section 28-3502 - Special promise to answer for debt or default of another

    D.C. Code § 28-3502   Cited 58 times
    Stating that the statute of frauds applies to "a contract or sale of real estate, or any interest in or concerning it"

  21. Section 202.2 - Definitions

    12 C.F.R. § 202.2   Cited 303 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Defining "extend credit and extension of credit" to include "the refinancing or other renewal of credit."

  22. Section 100.500 - Discriminatory effect prohibited

    24 C.F.R. § 100.500   Cited 108 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Describing this process under the FHA