67 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 252,626 times 279 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
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 266,542 times 365 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' "
Chambers v. Time Warner, Inc.
282 F.3d 147 (2d Cir. 2002) Cited 6,251 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding extrinsic materials were not "integral" to the complaint because the complaint "d[id] not refer to the[m]" and "plaintiffs apparently did not rely on them in drafting it"
Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York
559 U.S. 1 (2010) Cited 762 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the defendant retailer's failure to make state-law-required disclosures that would make it easier for the City to recover delinquent taxes did not proximately cause the City's injury, which more directly came from the delinquent taxpayers themselves
Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff Assocs
483 U.S. 143 (1987) Cited 1,185 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that civil RICO actions are subject to a four-year statute of limitations
Hayden v. Paterson
594 F.3d 150 (2d Cir. 2010) Cited 1,628 times
Holding that the race-neutral reenactment of a state constitution's felon disenfranchisement provision erased the discriminatory taint of earlier enactments
Lerner v. Fleet Bank, N.A.
459 F.3d 273 (2d Cir. 2006) Cited 1,189 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that an aiding and abetting claim under New York law requires "an allegation that such defendant had actual knowledge of the breach of duty"
Mills v. Polar Molecular Corp.
12 F.3d 1170 (2d Cir. 1993) Cited 1,542 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that fraudulent intent could not be inferred from the defendant entering multiple contracts with a plaintiff and not performing on any of them since "[c]ontractual breach, in and of itself, does not bespeak fraud"
Beth Israel Med. v. Hori. Blue Cross
448 F.3d 573 (2d Cir. 2006) Cited 662 times
Holding that whether a hospital's failure to object to a lower reimbursement rate over a period of eight years constituted a waiver of its contractual right to the higher reimbursement rate was a question of fact
Ross v. Louise Wise Services
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 3793 (N.Y. 2007) Cited 605 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that it would not be appropriate to punish an adoption agency for its 1960's era policy of not disclosing adopted children's mental health records in part because mental health professionals of that era "thought that mental illness could be avoided if a child were placed in a loving environment and that disclosure of birth parents' emotional disturbances would negatively affect the child's bonding with the adoptive parents"
Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights
42 U.S.C. § 1983 Cited 486,730 times 688 Legal Analyses
Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
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 345,805 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
Rule 60 - Relief from a Judgment or Order
Fed. R. Civ. P. 60 Cited 53,562 times 146 Legal Analyses
Granting relief from the operation of a judgment
Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters
Fed. R. Civ. P. 9 Cited 38,918 times 316 Legal Analyses
Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"
Section 5304 - Grounds for non-recognition
N.Y. CPLR 5304 Cited 175 times
Listing discretionary grounds for non-recognition such as fraud and public policy

Chevron Corporation v. Donziger et al

67 Cited authorities

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

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' "

Holding extrinsic materials were not "integral" to the complaint because the complaint "d[id] not refer to the[m]" and "plaintiffs apparently did not rely on them in drafting it"

Holding that the defendant retailer's failure to make state-law-required disclosures that would make it easier for the City to recover delinquent taxes did not proximately cause the City's injury, which more directly came from the delinquent taxpayers themselves

Holding that civil RICO actions are subject to a four-year statute of limitations

Holding that the race-neutral reenactment of a state constitution's felon disenfranchisement provision erased the discriminatory taint of earlier enactments

Holding that an aiding and abetting claim under New York law requires "an allegation that such defendant had actual knowledge of the breach of duty"

Holding that fraudulent intent could not be inferred from the defendant entering multiple contracts with a plaintiff and not performing on any of them since "[c]ontractual breach, in and of itself, does not bespeak fraud"

Holding that whether a hospital's failure to object to a lower reimbursement rate over a period of eight years constituted a waiver of its contractual right to the higher reimbursement rate was a question of fact

Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Granting relief from the operation of a judgment

Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

Listing discretionary grounds for non-recognition such as fraud and public policy