Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

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' "

Harlow v. Fitzgerald

Holding that public officials are entitled to a "qualified immunity" from "liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established . . . rights of which a reasonable person would have known"

Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council

Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

Fed. Deposit Ins. v. Meyer

Holding a Bivens claim does not lie against federal agencies because, if damages claims were permitted against federal agencies, "there would be no reason for aggrieved parties to bring damages actions against individual officers" and thus "the deterrent effects of the Bivens remedy would be lost"

United States v. Gaubert

Holding that the discretionary function exception only protects actions “grounded in the policy of the regulatory regime”

National Cable Telecom. Assn. v. Brand X Internet S

Holding that an agency is free within "the limits of reasoned interpretation to change course" only if it "adequately justifies the change"

Berkovitz v. United States

Holding that there is no choice to be protected by the discretionary function exception when a "federal statute, regulation, or policy specifically prescribes a course of action for an employee to follow"

Griffin v. Breckenridge

Holding that targeting plaintiffs because of their race falls within the core of § 1985

Washington v. Davis

Holding that disparate impact without evidence of discriminatory intent does not violate the Equal Protection Clause

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

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

Rule 41 - Dismissal of Actions

Holding that such dismissal "operates as an adjudication on the merits"

Section 706 - Scope of review

Granting courts jurisdiction to "compel agency action unlawfully held or unreasonably delayed"

Section 2680 - Exceptions

Concluding that claims for injurious falsehoods, disparagement of property, slander of goods, or trade libel are claims arising out of libel or slander under the FTCA

Section 702 - Right of review

Granting judicial review of "agency action"

Section 704 - Actions reviewable

Granting judicial review over " final agency action"

Section 52.1 - Interference by threat, intimidation or coercion with exercise or enjoyment of individual rights

Stating a person whose state or constitutional rights "ha[ve] been interfered with, or attempted to be interfered with," can bring an action against the alleged perpetrator

Section 1103 - Powers and duties of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Attorney General

Granting the Attorney General power to "establish such regulations" and "review . . . administrative determinations in immigration proceedings"

Section 1357 - Powers of immigration officers and employees

Granting immigration enforcement authority to state or local government officials in a formal agreement with a state or local government.

Section 287.7 - Detainer provisions under section 287(d)(3) of the Act

Stating that detainers serve "the purpose of arresting and removing the alien"

Section 287.3 - Disposition of cases of aliens arrested without warrant

Requiring that an alien arrested without a warrant and placed in formal proceedings be apprised of the reason for his arrest, his right to representation, and that any statement he makes may be used against him in a subsequent proceeding

Section 287.12 - Scope