Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that courts are not required "to credit a complaint's conclusory statements without reference to its factual context"

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

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

H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.

Holding that the continuity prong can be met by showing that related predicate offenses continued over a substantial period of time or posed a threat of continuing activity

Snyder v. Phelps

Holding that signs stating "God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11" and "God Hates Fags" highlighted "matters of public import"

Carpenters v. Scott

Holding that animus against a class based upon its economic views, status, or activities is beyond the reach of the deprivation clause, and reserving the question whether it reaches animus against any class other than "Negroes and those who championed their cause"

Weiner v. Klais and Co., Inc.

Holding that a document incorporated by reference in a complaint can be introduced by a defendant if it is not attached by plaintiff

Bartnicki v. Vopper

Holding unconstitutional the prohibition on disclosure of illegally intercepted conversation even though the initial step in the disclosure process, the interception, was illegal and harmful to those whose privacy was invaded

Moon v. Harrison Piping Supply

Holding that district court should have declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over IIED claim because " claim implicate[d] complex aspects of Michigan law"

Bass v. Robinson

Holding that an equal protection claim must show discrimination because of the plaintiff's “membership in a particular class, not merely that he was treated unfairly as an individual”

Greenberg v. Life Ins. Co. of Virginia

Holding that “a document not formally incorporated by reference or attached to a complaint may still be considered part of the pleadings” if the document “is referred to in the complaint and is central to the plaintiff's claim”

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

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

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

Rule 11 - Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions

Holding an "unrepresented party" to the same standard as an attorney

Section 1985 - Conspiracy to interfere with civil rights

Concerning conspiracies to obstruct justice or intimidate a party, witness, or juror

Section 1962 - Prohibited activities

Specifying prohibited activities

Section 1961 - Definitions

Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include

Section 2511 - Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited

Imposing a penalty on persons who “intentionally intercept ... any wire, oral, or electronic communication”

Section 750.505 - Punishment for indictable common law offenses

Defining common law crimes

Section 750.539 - Divulging contents of messages