27 Cited authorities

  1. Irwin v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs

    498 U.S. 89 (1990)   Cited 4,540 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statutory time limit with the same characteristics is subject to equitable tolling
  2. Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping

    488 U.S. 428 (1989)   Cited 901 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 barred ATS suits against foreign governments
  3. Cada v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.

    920 F.2d 446 (7th Cir. 1990)   Cited 924 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the discovery rule is "read into statutes of limitations in federal-question cases (even when those statutes of limitations are borrowed from state law)"
  4. Mwani v. bin Laden

    417 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2005)   Cited 490 times
    Holding that jurisdiction could be exercised where defendants had engaged in numerous conspiracies to bomb the World Trade Center, the United Nations, and the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels
  5. Seitzinger v. Reading Hospital & Medical Center

    165 F.3d 236 (3d Cir. 1999)   Cited 573 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Title VII's 90-day time limitation is akin to a statute of limitations and thus is subject to equitable tolling
  6. Phoenix Consulting Inc. v. Republic of Angola

    216 F.3d 36 (D.C. Cir. 2000)   Cited 276 times
    Holding that the district court "must give the plaintiff ample opportunity to secure and present evidence relevant to the existence of jurisdiction"
  7. Veltri v. Building Service 32B-J Pension Fund

    393 F.3d 318 (2d Cir. 2004)   Cited 239 times
    Holding an applicable statute of limitations tolled while a prisoner exhausts his administrative remedies
  8. Arce v. Garcia

    434 F.3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2006)   Cited 166 times
    Finding the interests of justice can weigh in favor of allowing a plaintiff to assert an untimely claim if circumstances beyond the plaintiff's control prevented timely filing
  9. Foremost-McKesson, Inc. v. Islamic Republic of Iran

    905 F.2d 438 (D.C. Cir. 1990)   Cited 244 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that defendant waived a constitutional objection to personal jurisdiction where it raised only a statutory objection before the district court
  10. Flatow v. Islamic Republic

    999 F. Supp. 1 (D.D.C. 1998)   Cited 194 times
    Holding Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism, liable as provider of material support to terrorist organization Palestine Islamic Jihad pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1605
  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 345,715 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss