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 357,280 times 950 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Rule 4 - Summons
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 Cited 72,180 times 128 Legal Analyses
Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time
Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters
Fed. R. Civ. P. 9 Cited 39,838 times 331 Legal Analyses
Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity
Section 1962 - Prohibited activities
18 U.S.C. § 1962 Cited 16,161 times 61 Legal Analyses
Specifying prohibited activities
Section 1692 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
15 U.S.C. § 1692 Cited 15,193 times 141 Legal Analyses
Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"
Section 1961 - Definitions
18 U.S.C. § 1961 Cited 15,143 times 72 Legal Analyses
Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include