29 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 255,413 times   280 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 269,161 times   367 Legal Analyses
    Holding 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' "
  3. Fowler v. UPMC Shadyside

    578 F.3d 203 (3d Cir. 2009)   Cited 14,172 times   4 Legal Analyses
    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"
  4. Morse v. Lower Merion School District

    132 F.3d 902 (3d Cir. 1997)   Cited 6,212 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because "the notion of deliberate indifference contemplates a danger that must at least be foreseeable," defendant cannot be said to have ignored a foreseeable risk or danger if plaintiff has not shown the existence of such a risk
  5. Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson, Llp

    584 F.3d 1147 (9th Cir. 2009)   Cited 891 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a consumer has a private right of action against a furnisher of credit information for willful or negligent noncompliance with the requirements in 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2(b)
  6. Shaw v. Digital Equipment Corp.

    82 F.3d 1194 (1st Cir. 1996)   Cited 1,014 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the bespeaks caution doctrine does not apply to representations of "present facts" that were false when made
  7. Cowell v. Palmer Township

    263 F.3d 286 (3d Cir. 2001)   Cited 643 times
    Holding that plaintiffs' takings claim was not ripe because they did not file an inverse-condemnation petition
  8. Pollice v. National Tax Funding, L.P.

    225 F.3d 379 (3d Cir. 2000)   Cited 531 times
    Holding that a tax lien transfer agreement was not a credit transaction under TILA because "the nature of the underlying claim" as a property tax had not "been extinguished"
  9. Chiang v. Verizon New Eng.

    595 F.3d 26 (1st Cir. 2010)   Cited 372 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, in suits against furnishers and agencies alike, a plaintiff must "demonstrate some causal relationship between the ... allegedly unreasonable reinvestigation and the failure to discover inaccuracies in his account."
  10. IN RE DONALD J. TRUMP CASINO SECURITIES LIT

    7 F.3d 357 (3d Cir. 1993)   Cited 515 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding an omitted fact is material if there is "substantial likelihood that a reasonable [investor] would consider it important in deciding how to act"
  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 348,708 times   930 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Section 1692 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

    15 U.S.C. § 1692   Cited 15,048 times   140 Legal Analyses
    Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"
  13. Section 1692a - Definitions

    15 U.S.C. § 1692a   Cited 6,243 times   83 Legal Analyses
    Defining debt collector
  14. Section 1692f - Unfair practices

    15 U.S.C. § 1692f   Cited 3,412 times   35 Legal Analyses
    Providing a non-exhaustive list of conduct that is unfair or unconscionable
  15. Section 1681s-2 - Responsibilities of furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies

    15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2   Cited 2,893 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Granting enforcement power to state and federal regulators
  16. Section 1681i - Procedure in case of disputed accuracy

    15 U.S.C. § 1681i   Cited 1,471 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Relating to indirect disputes
  17. Section 41 - Federal Trade Commission established; membership; vacancies; seal

    15 U.S.C. § 41   Cited 781 times   46 Legal Analyses
    Granting FTC the power to "make rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this [Act]," 15 U.S.C. § 46(g) (West Supp. 1986)