43 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
Mine Workers v. Gibbs
383 U.S. 715 (1966) Cited 17,783 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that supplemental jurisdiction is a "doctrine of discretion"
Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.
561 U.S. 247 (2010) Cited 1,458 times 177 Legal Analyses
Holding extraterritorial application of a statute is a merits question, not a question of subject matter jurisdiction
Boyle v. United States
556 U.S. 938 (2009) Cited 1,134 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that a RICO enterprise "need not have a hierarchical structure or a 'chain of command'; decisions may be made on an ad hoc basis and by any number of methods — by majority vote, consensus, a show of strength, etc."
Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corp.
503 U.S. 258 (1992) Cited 1,665 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) could not recover under RICO for stock-manipulation scheme that bankrupted broker-dealers, triggering a statutory requirement that SIPC meet the broker-dealers' obligations to their customers
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
Rotella v. Wood
528 U.S. 549 (2000) Cited 919 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding discovery rule inapplicable to § 2462 limitations period
Dole Food Co. v. Watts
303 F.3d 1104 (9th Cir. 2002) Cited 1,066 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that because purposeful direction was established, it was "obvious" that the second prong of the minimum contacts test was also satisfied
Greenwood v. F.A.A
28 F.3d 971 (9th Cir. 1994) Cited 1,018 times
Holding that an argument not "specifically and distinctly" argued in the appellant's opening brief was waived
Eclectic Properties East, LLC v. Marcus & Millichap Co.
751 F.3d 990 (9th Cir. 2014) Cited 450 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that allegations are not plausible unless plaintiffs allege "facts tending to exclude the possibility that the [defendant's] explanation is true."
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 1341 - Frauds and swindles
18 U.S.C. § 1341 Cited 13,401 times 104 Legal Analyses
Relating to mail fraud
Section 1956 - Laundering of monetary instruments
18 U.S.C. § 1956 Cited 9,287 times 141 Legal Analyses
Defining “specified unlawful activity” to include, inter alia, controlled substance violations, murder, bribery, smuggling, various forms of fraud, concealment of assets, various environmental offenses, and health care offenses
Section 1957 - Engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity
18 U.S.C. § 1957 Cited 3,260 times 41 Legal Analyses
Finding an error in the trial court's jury instructions harmless "[b]ecause overwhelming evidence support[ed] the jury's finding" of guilt
Section 2314 - Transportation of stolen goods, securities, moneys, fraudulent State tax stamps, or articles used in counterfeiting
18 U.S.C. § 2314 Cited 3,063 times 22 Legal Analyses
Criminalizing the transportation, transmission, or transfer of goods "in interstate or foreign commerce"
Section 17208 - Statute of limitations
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17208 Cited 630 times 2 Legal Analyses
Governing UCL claims

City of Almaty v. Viktor Khrapunov et al

43 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 supplemental jurisdiction is a "doctrine of discretion"

Holding extraterritorial application of a statute is a merits question, not a question of subject matter jurisdiction

Holding that a RICO enterprise "need not have a hierarchical structure or a 'chain of command'; decisions may be made on an ad hoc basis and by any number of methods — by majority vote, consensus, a show of strength, etc."

Holding that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) could not recover under RICO for stock-manipulation scheme that bankrupted broker-dealers, triggering a statutory requirement that SIPC meet the broker-dealers' obligations to their customers

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 discovery rule inapplicable to § 2462 limitations period

Holding that because purposeful direction was established, it was "obvious" that the second prong of the minimum contacts test was also satisfied

Holding that an argument not "specifically and distinctly" argued in the appellant's opening brief was waived

Holding that allegations are not plausible unless plaintiffs allege "facts tending to exclude the possibility that the [defendant's] explanation is true."

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

Relating to mail fraud

Defining “specified unlawful activity” to include, inter alia, controlled substance violations, murder, bribery, smuggling, various forms of fraud, concealment of assets, various environmental offenses, and health care offenses

Finding an error in the trial court's jury instructions harmless "[b]ecause overwhelming evidence support[ed] the jury's finding" of guilt

Criminalizing the transportation, transmission, or transfer of goods "in interstate or foreign commerce"

Governing UCL claims