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Clark v. Pinnacle Credit Services Llc et al

MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM

23 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 260,142 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 273,590 times   368 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

  3. Papasan v. Allain

    478 U.S. 265 (1986)   Cited 17,092 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Ex parte Young would not support a suit against a state for ongoing liability for an alleged past breach of trust, since "continuing payment of the income from the lost corpus is essentially equivalent in economic terms to a one-time restoration of the lost corpus itself"

  4. Mamani v. Berzain

    654 F.3d 1148 (11th Cir. 2011)   Cited 583 times
    Holding that shootings based on "individual motivations (personal reasons) not linked to defendants" and those "compatible with accidental or negligent shooting" are not extrajudicial killings

  5. Strat. Income Fund v. Spear, Leeds Kellogg

    305 F.3d 1293 (11th Cir. 2002)   Cited 709 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Deciding that the third amended complaint, which contained 127 paragraphs, all incorporated by reference into nine separate counts created an "onerous task" for the trial court to sift through

  6. B.L.E. v. Georgia

    335 F. App'x 962 (11th Cir. 2009)   Cited 29 times

    No. 09-12947 Non-Argument Calendar. October 23, 2009. Sherri Jefferson, Jonesboro, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Laura Louise Lones, Office of the Attorney General, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. D.C. Docket No. 08-02419-CV-RLV-1. Before BIRCH, HULL and HILL, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: This is an appeal from an order of the district court granting the defendants-appellees' motion to dismiss the plaintiff-appellant's

  7. Church v. Accretive Health, Inc.

    CIVIL ACTION 14-0057-WS-B (S.D. Ala. Dec. 16, 2014)   Cited 20 times
    Denying a motion to dismiss plaintiff's FDCPA claim where a debt collector sent a collection letter showing an active balance of $1,944.80 after the debt was discharged through bankruptcy

  8. Cabaniss v. Hipsley

    114 Ga. App. 367 (Ga. Ct. App. 1966)   Cited 92 times
    Defining the tort as "consist[ing] of the appropriation, for the defendant's benefit, use or advantage, of the plaintiff's name or likeness."

  9. Ledford v. Peeples

    568 F.3d 1258 (11th Cir. 2009)   Cited 14 times
    Holding that we generally do not consider arguments raised for the first time on appeal

  10. Walker v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    987 F. Supp. 2d 1348 (N.D. Ga. 2013)   Cited 6 times

    Civil Action File No. 3:13–cv–133–TCB. 2013-12-18 Bobby S. WALKER and Martha Walker, Plaintiffs, v. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Defendant. Frank J. Klosik, Jr., Thomas Richard Mondelli, Greer Klosik Daugherty & Swank, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs. Craig Phillip Silverman, Stephen Vincent Kern, Kitchens Kelley Gaynes, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant. TIMOTHY C. BATTEN Frank J. Klosik, Jr., Thomas Richard Mondelli, Greer Klosik Daugherty & Swank, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs. Craig Phillip Silverman

  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 354,229 times   943 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 160,289 times   196 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  13. Section 1692 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

    15 U.S.C. § 1692   Cited 15,140 times   141 Legal Analyses
    Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"

  14. Section 1692k - Civil liability

    15 U.S.C. § 1692k   Cited 6,164 times   66 Legal Analyses
    Holding debt collectors civilly liable for illicit debt collection practices

  15. Section 227 - Restrictions on use of telephone equipment

    47 U.S.C. § 227   Cited 5,735 times   740 Legal Analyses
    Granting exclusive jurisdiction to federal courts over actions brought by state attorney generals

  16. Section 10-1-390 - Short title

    Ga. Code § 10-1-390   Cited 247 times   3 Legal Analyses

    This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975." OCGA § 10-1-390

  17. Section 10-1-401 - Limitation of actions; right to set off damages or penalties not limited

    Ga. Code § 10-1-401   Cited 27 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Stating that action for deceptive acts in the conduct of consumer transactions must be brought within “two years after the person bringing the action knew or should have known of the occurrence of the alleged violation”