9 Cited authorities

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 276,716 times 369 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
Erickson v. Pardus
551 U.S. 89 (2007) Cited 64,333 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that a complaint must "give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon which it rests"
Starr v. Baca
652 F.3d 1202 (9th Cir. 2011) Cited 5,493 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that a series of investigative reports documenting systemic deficiencies in a jail put the defendant-supervisor on notice of the risk of the harm that befell the plaintiff
Lormand v. US Unwired, Inc.
565 F.3d 228 (5th Cir. 2009) Cited 2,182 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that warnings "d[id] not qualify as meaningful cautionary language" because they "did not disclose that defendants knew from past experience that the [risks] posed an imminent threat of business and financial ruin and that some damage from these risks had already materialized"
Adams v. City of Indianapolis
742 F.3d 720 (7th Cir. 2014) Cited 1,338 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that because separate instances of failing to promote a firefighter were identifiable, discrete acts, each “discrete discriminatory act start[ed] a new clock for filing charges alleging that act”
Lovelace v. Software Spectrum Inc.
78 F.3d 1015 (5th Cir. 1996) Cited 1,131 times
Holding that courts may take judicial notice of public disclosure documents in securities fraud causes, but "only for the purpose of determining what statements the documents contain, not to prove the truth of the documents’ contents"
Ernst Young v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
51 S.W.3d 573 (Tex. 2001) Cited 689 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that aiding and abetting liability could not attach where there was no principal offense
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 357,835 times 950 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 162,084 times 197 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Cobb v. Dye et al

9 Cited authorities

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

Holding that a complaint must "give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon which it rests"

Holding that a series of investigative reports documenting systemic deficiencies in a jail put the defendant-supervisor on notice of the risk of the harm that befell the plaintiff

Holding that warnings "d[id] not qualify as meaningful cautionary language" because they "did not disclose that defendants knew from past experience that the [risks] posed an imminent threat of business and financial ruin and that some damage from these risks had already materialized"

Holding that because separate instances of failing to promote a firefighter were identifiable, discrete acts, each “discrete discriminatory act start[ed] a new clock for filing charges alleging that act”

Holding that courts may take judicial notice of public disclosure documents in securities fraud causes, but "only for the purpose of determining what statements the documents contain, not to prove the truth of the documents’ contents"

Holding that aiding and abetting liability could not attach where there was no principal offense

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

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."