550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 277,581 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
534 U.S. 506 (2002) Cited 17,264 times 20 Legal Analyses
Holding with regard to a 67-year-old plaintiff and a 59-year-old comparator that " difference of eight years between the age of the person discharged and his replacement . . . is not insignificant"
Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion "in denying a motion for a class action determination which was untimely under the local rule"
Holding that “if a complaint is vulnerable to 12(b) dismissal, a District Court must permit a curative amendment, unless an amendment would be inequitable or futile”
Holding "a plaintiff's claim that she ‘typically’ worked forty hours per week, worked extra hours during such a forty-hour week, and was not compensated for extra hours beyond forty hours he or she worked during one or more of those forty-hour weeks, would suffice" to state an FLSA claim
Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 Cited 94,055 times 92 Legal Analyses
Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint