Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 267,684 times 281 Legal AnalysesHolding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 280,676 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
Papasan v. Allain
478 U.S. 265 (1986) Cited 17,493 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding 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"
Landgraf v. USI Film Prods.
511 U.S. 244 (1994) Cited 3,883 times 34 Legal AnalysesHolding that a statute may apply retroactively when "clear congressional intent favor such a result"
Alyeska Pipeline Co. v. Wilderness Soc'y
421 U.S. 240 (1975) Cited 4,797 times 9 Legal AnalysesHolding American Rule governed absent specific statutory authorization for awarding attorney fees to prevailing party
Weaver v. Graham
450 U.S. 24 (1981) Cited 2,546 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that for a criminal law to be ex post facto, it must disadvantage the offender affected by it
Russello v. United States
464 U.S. 16 (1983) Cited 2,138 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that where "Congress includes particular language in one section of a statute but omits it in another section of the same Act," courts presume that "Congress acts intentionally and purposely in the disparate inclusion or exclusion"
Mohamad v. Palestinian Auth.
566 U.S. 449 (2012) Cited 520 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding term used in Torture Victim Protection Act was unambiguous despite disagreement among several circuits
Kaiser Aluminum Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno
494 U.S. 827 (1990) Cited 871 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that the "plain language" of the newly enacted federal post-judgment interest statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1961, which requires that interest "`be calculated from the date of the entry of the judgment,'" "evidences clear congressional intent that [the provision] is not applicable to judgments entered before its effective date."
Runyon v. McCrary
427 U.S. 160 (1976) Cited 1,263 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that while, "it may be assumed that parents have a First Amendment right to send their children to educational institutions that promote" racial discrimination, "it does not follow that the practice of excluding racial minorities from such institutions is also protected by the same principle"
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 164,394 times 197 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Rule 19 - Required Joinder of Parties
Fed. R. Civ. P. 19 Cited 9,810 times 55 Legal AnalysesHolding a person must be joined if disposing the action in the person's absence may leave an existing party subject to a "substantial" risk of incurring inconsistent obligations
Section 78t - Liability of controlling persons and persons who aid and abet violations
15 U.S.C. § 78t Cited 4,080 times 20 Legal AnalysesHolding liable any person "who, directly or indirectly, controls any person liable under any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation thereunder"
Section 5536 - Prohibited acts
12 U.S.C. § 5536 Cited 147 times 70 Legal AnalysesProhibiting “any unfair, deceptive, or abusive act or practice”
Section 5481 - Definitions
12 U.S.C. § 5481 Cited 120 times 71 Legal AnalysesListing eighteen statutes transferred to the CFPB’s jurisdiction
Section 5564 - Litigation authority
12 U.S.C. § 5564 Cited 93 times 16 Legal AnalysesStating that "no action may be brought . . . more than 3 years after the date of discovery of the violation to which an action relates"
Section 5565 - Relief available
12 U.S.C. § 5565 Cited 73 times 26 Legal AnalysesDisallowing punitive damages