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Coleman v. District of Columbia

MOTION to Dismiss

74 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 254,855 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

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 268,629 times   366 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' "

  3. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

    511 U.S. 375 (1994)   Cited 19,199 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that absent a reservation of jurisdiction in the stipulated dismissal order, federal courts lack jurisdiction to consider enforcement of a settlement agreement

  4. Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.

    544 U.S. 280 (2005)   Cited 8,062 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars "cases brought by state-court losers complaining of injuries caused by state-court judgments rendered before the district court proceedings commenced and inviting district court review and rejection of those judgments"

  5. D.C. Court of Appeals v. Feldman

    460 U.S. 462 (1983)   Cited 10,600 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding plaintiffs’ claims that the state court acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying plaintiffs’ petitions for waiver were inextricably intertwined with the state-court judgment denying their petitions

  6. Williamson Planning Comm'n v. Hamilton Bank

    473 U.S. 172 (1985)   Cited 2,720 times   46 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “if a State provides an adequate procedure for seeking just compensation, the property owner cannot claim a violation of the Just Compensation Clause [of the United States Constitution] until it has used the procedure and been denied just compensation”

  7. Matsushita Elec. Industrial Co. v. Epstein

    516 U.S. 367 (1996)   Cited 528 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Exchange Act's exclusive-jurisdiction provision sought "to achieve greater uniformity of construction and more effective and expert application of that law"

  8. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.

    263 U.S. 413 (1923)   Cited 9,788 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that federal suit was "merely an attempt to get rid of the judgment for alleged errors of law committed" by the state courts

  9. Kowal v. MCI Communications Corp.

    16 F.3d 1271 (D.C. Cir. 1994)   Cited 1,805 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that statements of optimism give rise to a strong inference of scienter if they lacked a reasonable basis when made

  10. Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn. v. McNary

    454 U.S. 100 (1981)   Cited 667 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that taxpayers are "barred by the principle of comity from asserting § 1983 actions against the validity of state tax systems in federal courts"

  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 348,148 times   927 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Section 2201 - Creation of remedy

    28 U.S.C. § 2201   Cited 24,628 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts the authority to create a remedy with the force of a final judgment

  13. Section 1738 - State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit

    28 U.S.C. § 1738   Cited 7,537 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Referring to "[t]he Acts of the legislature" in the full faith and credit context

  14. Section 1341 - Taxes by States

    28 U.S.C. § 1341   Cited 1,872 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting federal judicial restraints on the collection of state taxes

  15. Section 2284 - Three-judge court; when required; composition; procedure

    28 U.S.C. § 2284   Cited 1,790 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Providing for the convention of such a court whenever an action is filed challenging the constitutionality of apportionment of legislative districts

  16. Section 12-302 - Disability of plaintiff

    D.C. Code § 12-302   Cited 95 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Including imprisonment as a condition of disability that permits tolling

  17. Section 47-3307 - Certain suits forbidden

    D.C. Code § 47-3307   Cited 14 times

    No suit shall be filed to enjoin the assessment or collection by the District of Columbia or any of its officers, agents, or employees of any tax. D.C. Code § 47-3307 Aug. 17, 1937, 50 Stat. 692, ch. 690, title IX, § 10; May 16, 1938, 52 Stat. 375, ch. 223, § 8; enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575. Alcoholic beverage control, tax appeals, see § 25-910. Cigarette tax, appeals, see § 47-2413. Crediting of tax refunds against delinquent taxes, notice, protest and appeals, see §

  18. Section 47-1370 - Complaints by purchasers to foreclose the right of redemption; exercise of authority by form of complaint

    D.C. Code § 47-1370   Cited 5 times

    (a) At any time after the expiration of a 6-month waiting period following the date of the tax sale, a purchaser may file a complaint to foreclose the right of redemption of the real property to which the certificate of sale corresponds. (b) In a suit to foreclose the right of redemption, the Superior Court may: (1) Bar the right of redemption and foreclose (A) all transfers of the real property occurring before the judgment of the court as provided in this chapter and (B) all liens and encumbrances

  19. Section 47-1361 - Required payments; notice to purchaser; certificate of redemption

    D.C. Code § 47-1361   Cited 3 times

    (a) To redeem the real property, the person redeeming shall pay to the Mayor, except as set forth in paragraph (6A) of this subsection, for deposit into the General Fund of the District (notwithstanding any other law), the following: (1) If the real property was sold at tax sale to a purchaser, the amount paid by the purchaser for the real property exclusive of surplus, with interest thereon; (2) If the real property was bid off to the District, the sale amount with interest thereon beginning on

  20. Section 47-1383 - Obtaining possession

    D.C. Code § 47-1383

    Subject to the rights of tenants under residential leases described in § 47-1382(a), a person who acquires a deed to real property under this chapter is entitled to issuance of a writ of possession of the real property as if the person had obtained a judgment awarding possession of the real property. D.C. Code § 47-1383 June 9, 2001, D.C. Law 13-305, § 507(a)(2), 48 DCR 334.