17 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 267,813 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 280,791 times   369 Legal Analyses
    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
  3. Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc.

    555 U.S. 7 (2008)   Cited 17,837 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Holding that preliminary injunctions "may only be awarded upon a clear showing that the plaintiff is entitled to such relief"
  4. Ebay Inc. v. Mercexchange, L. L. C.

    547 U.S. 388 (2006)   Cited 4,012 times   137 Legal Analyses
    Holding that traditional four-factor test applies to injunctions against patent infringement
  5. Gibson v. City of Chicago

    910 F.2d 1510 (7th Cir. 1990)   Cited 3,026 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the actions of an officer who has no authority whatsoever to act" are outside the ambit of § 1983
  6. Northeast Oh. Coal. v. Blackwell

    467 F.3d 999 (6th Cir. 2006)   Cited 504 times
    Holding that "the label attached to an order by the trial court is not decisive" when assessing whether parties may bring an interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292
  7. Uni*Quality, Inc. v. Infotronx, Inc.

    974 F.2d 918 (7th Cir. 1992)   Cited 409 times
    Holding that a scheme that lasted at most seven to eight months was "precisely the type of short-term, closed-ended fraud that, subsequent to H.J., Inc., this circuit consistently has held does not constitute a pattern."
  8. Cramer v. Ins. Exchange Agency

    174 Ill. 2d 513 (Ill. 1996)   Cited 324 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that the statute was designed to punish insurers
  9. Mohanty v. St. John Heart Clinic, S.C

    225 Ill. 2d 52 (Ill. 2006)   Cited 220 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that whether a party has committed a material breach of contract is a question of fact and the circuit court's determination is subject to a manifest weight of the evidence standard
  10. Sidney S. Arst Co. v. Pipefitters Welfare Educ. Fund

    25 F.3d 417 (7th Cir. 1994)   Cited 173 times
    Holding that plaintiff must allege that individual defendant " directly and personally engaged in conduct that led to the specific environmental damage at issue"
  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 362,607 times   962 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 164,455 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  13. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 40,207 times   337 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity
  14. Rule 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 65   Cited 23,743 times   91 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing court's ability to enter emergency order with less than full adversary hearing and even, in appropriate circumstances, without notice