71 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 249,650 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 263,703 times   364 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. Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife

    504 U.S. 555 (1992)   Cited 27,539 times   138 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"
  4. Tellabs v. Makor Issues Rights

    551 U.S. 308 (2007)   Cited 9,011 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a strong inference is one that is "cogent and at least as compelling as any opposing inference"
  5. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

    564 U.S. 338 (2011)   Cited 6,566 times   504 Legal Analyses
    Holding in Rule 23 context that “[w]ithout some glue holding the alleged reasons for all those decisions together, it will be impossible to say that examination of all the class members' claims for relief will produce a common answer”
  6. Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp. v. Morgan

    536 U.S. 101 (2002)   Cited 10,181 times   31 Legal Analyses
    Holding limitations period for hostile-work-environment claim runs from the last act composing the claim
  7. Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc.

    528 U.S. 167 (2000)   Cited 7,083 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiffs who curtailed their recreational activities on a river due to reasonable concerns about the effect of pollutant discharges into that river had standing
  8. Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l USA

    568 U.S. 398 (2013)   Cited 2,989 times   169 Legal Analyses
    Holding that respondents could not establish injury by relying on a "speculative chain of possibilities"
  9. Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.

    572 U.S. 118 (2014)   Cited 2,789 times   68 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a plaintiff seeking to bring suit under a federal statute must show not only that he has standing under Article III, but also that his "complaint fall within the zone of interests protected by the law" invoked
  10. Allen v. Wright

    468 U.S. 737 (1984)   Cited 4,738 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, even when plaintiffs allege "one of the most serious injuries recognized in our legal system," it's not justiciable where "the chain of causation between the challenged Government conduct and the asserted injury are far too weak for the chain as a whole to sustain respondents' standing"
  11. Section 3604 - Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices

    42 U.S.C. § 3604   Cited 4,043 times   64 Legal Analyses
    Requiring any "accommodation" in "rules, policies, practices, or services" to be "reasonable"
  12. Section 3601 - Declaration of policy

    42 U.S.C. § 3601   Cited 3,972 times   44 Legal Analyses
    Stating the FHA is intended to provide “fair housing throughout the United States”
  13. Section 3613 - Enforcement by private persons

    42 U.S.C. § 3613   Cited 1,533 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Granting right to sue in state or federal court
  14. Section 3602 - Definitions

    42 U.S.C. § 3602   Cited 1,153 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Defining "dwelling" as "any building, structure, or portion thereof which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure, or portion thereof"
  15. Section 3605 - Discrimination in residential real estate-related transactions

    42 U.S.C. § 3605   Cited 462 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Barring "discriminat[ion] against any person in making available such a [housing] transaction ... because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin"
  16. Section 3610 - Administrative enforcement; preliminary matters

    42 U.S.C. § 3610   Cited 370 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Granting a private right of action to "[a]ny person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice or who believes that he will be irrevocably injured by a discriminatory housing practice about to occur (hereafter `person aggrieved')"
  17. Section 2901 - Congressional findings and statement of purpose

    12 U.S.C. § 2901   Cited 53 times   12 Legal Analyses

    (a) The Congress finds that- (1) regulated financial institutions are required by law to demonstrate that their deposit facilities serve the convenience and needs of the communities in which they are chartered to do business; (2) the convenience and needs of communities include the need for credit services as well as deposit services; and (3) regulated financial institutions have continuing and affirmative obligation to help meet the credit needs of the local communities in which they are chartered

  18. Section 775 ILCS 5/10-104 - Circuit Court Actions by the Illinois Attorney General

    775 ILCS 5/10-104   Cited 4 times

    (A) Standing, venue, limitations on actions, preliminary investigations, notice, and Assurance of Voluntary Compliance. (1) Whenever the Illinois Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination prohibited by this Act, the Illinois Attorney General may commence a civil action in the name of the People of the State, as parens patriae on behalf of persons within the State to enforce the provisions of this Act