Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

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

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.

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"

Scheuer v. Rhodes

Holding that executive branch officers had qualified immunity

Skinner v. Switzer

Holding that Rooker-Feldman does not stop a prisoner's § 1983 challenge to a state statute

Phillips v. County of Allegheny

Holding that a district court need not permit a curative amendment if such amendment would be futile

Colorado River Water Cons. Dist. v. U.S.

Holding that, in limited circumstances, federal courts should abstain from deciding a case when there are related proceedings pending in state court

Great Western Mining v. Fox Rothschild

Holding that a § 1983 conspiracy claimant must assert facts from which a conspiratorial agreement can be inferred, not conclusory allegations

Railroad Comm'n v. Pullman Co.

Holding that federal courts should ordinarily abstain where the resolution of a federal constitutional issue may be rendered irrelevant by the determination of a predicate state-law question

Allegheny County v. Mashuda Co.

Holding abstention may be granted where "the order to the parties to repair to the state court would clearly serve an important countervailing interest"

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 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

Section 1601 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

Explaining that TILA's disclosure requirements exist “so that the consumer will be able to compare more readily the various credit terms available to him and avoid the uninformed use of credit”

Section 2601 - Congressional findings and purpose

Providing purpose of RESPA is "to effect certain changes in the settlement process for residential real estate"

Section 56:8-1 - Applicability of C.56:8-1 et seq

Defining "merchandise" under the PLA as "any objects, wares, goods, commodities, services or anything offered, directly or indirectly to the public for sale"

Section 56:8-19 - Action, counterclaim by injured person; recovery of damages, costs

Requiring treble damages and attorney's fees

Section 1701j-3 - Preemption of due-on-sale prohibitions

Preempting State law on due on sale clauses where the transfer is to a spouse

Section 5301 - Definitions

Section 1024.41 - Loss mitigation procedures

Authorizing borrowers to seek damages for servicer misconduct in connection with borrowers' review for loss mitigation options under § 2605(f)

Section 1024.35 - Error resolution procedures

Outlining a mortgage servicer's obligations in response to a QWR providing notice of an alleged error

Section 1024.38 - General servicing policies, procedures, and requirements

Requiring loan servicers to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to permit them to provide borrowers with information and documents associated with their mortgage loans