Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 263,477 times 281 Legal AnalysesHolding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 276,716 times 369 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp.
467 U.S. 752 (1984) Cited 1,453 times 29 Legal AnalysesHolding that a parent and a wholly owned subsidiary have a "complete unity of interest" because "their objectives are common" and "their general corporate actions are guided or determined not by two separate corporate consciousness, but one"
Spectrum Sports, Inc. v. McQuillan
506 U.S. 447 (1993) Cited 791 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding that proof of relevant market is essential under § 2
Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.
551 U.S. 877 (2007) Cited 468 times 77 Legal AnalysesHolding that the rule of reason rather than per se illegality applies to vertical price restraints
National Soc. of Professional Engineers v. U.S.
435 U.S. 679 (1978) Cited 747 times 9 Legal AnalysesHolding agreement among engineers to refuse to discuss prices with potential customers until after the initial selection of an engineer was per se illegal
Speaker v. U.S. D. H. S
623 F.3d 1371 (11th Cir. 2010) Cited 806 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that plaintiff must do more than recite statutory elements in conclusory fashion and instead, must proffer enough factual content to raise a right to relief above the speculative level
U.S. v. Microsoft Corp.
253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001) Cited 524 times 19 Legal AnalysesHolding that district courts are not required to conduct evidentiary hearings prior to issuing relief in civil cases when "there are no disputed factual issues regarding the matter of relief
Jacobs v. Tempur-Pedic Intern
626 F.3d 1327 (11th Cir. 2010) Cited 386 timesHolding an allegation insufficient that stated plaintiff's resale price fixing agreements "have unreasonably restrained, do unreasonably restrain, and will continue to unreasonably restrain trade and commerce in the visco-elastic mattress market ... by eliminating price competition" (omission in original)
United States v. Paramount Pictures
334 U.S. 131 (1948) Cited 592 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that an agreement among five producers of motion pictures and their affiliates to share profits according to prearranged percentages was anticompetitive
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 162,084 times 197 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Rule 201 - Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts
Fed. R. Evid. 201 Cited 29,431 times 26 Legal AnalysesHolding "[n]ormally, in deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, courts must limit their inquiry to the facts stated in the complaint and the documents either attached to or incorporated in the complaint. However, courts may also consider matters of which they may take judicial notice."
Section 2 - Monopolizing trade a felony; penalty
15 U.S.C. § 2 Cited 4,455 times 31 Legal AnalysesIn § 2 cases under the Sherman Act, as in § 7 cases under the Clayton Act (Brown Shoe Co. v. United States, 370 U.S. 294, 325) there may be submarkets that are separate economic entities.
Section 1 - Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty
15 U.S.C. § 1 Cited 3,210 times 74 Legal AnalysesForbidding every "contract, combination . . . or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States"
Section 13-8-2 - Contracts contravening public policy generally
Ga. Code § 13-8-2 Cited 192 times 10 Legal AnalysesProhibiting "contracts in general restraint of trade"