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

Medimmune, Inc. v. GenenTech, Inc.

Holding "the phrase 'case of actual controversy' in the Act refers to the types of 'Cases' and 'Controversies' that are justiciable under Article III"

Hebbe v. Pliler

Holding pro se complaints should be liberally construed

Starr v. Baca

Holding that a series of investigative reports documenting systemic deficiencies in a jail put the defendant-supervisor on notice of the risk of the harm that befell the plaintiff

Block v. North Dakota

Holding that “Congress intended the QTA to provide the exclusive means by which adverse claimants could challenge the United States' title to real property”

Wilson v. Hewlett–Packard Co.

Holding that where a defendant has not made an affirmative misrepresentation, a plaintiff must allege the existence of an unreasonable safety hazard and a causal connection between the defect and the hazard

McCarthy v. U.S.

Holding that a court "may review any evidence, such as affidavits and testimony, to resolve factual disputes concerning the existence of jurisdiction"

Kingman Reef Atoll v. U.S.

Holding that whether subject matter jurisdiction exists is reviewed de novo

Eccles v. Peoples Bank

Concluding that a grievance that is "too remote and insubstantial" or "too speculative in nature" does not justify an injunction or declaratory relief

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. . . ."

Section 2201 - Creation of remedy

Granting district courts the authority to create a remedy with the force of a final judgment

Section 1346 - United States as defendant

Determining liability to the claimant "in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred"

Section 1442 - Federal officers or agencies sued or prosecuted

Granting removal power to "[a]ny officer of the United States . . . or person acting under him"

Section 2409a - Real property quiet title actions

Authorizing action "to adjudicate a disputed title to real property in which the United States claims an interest"

Section 668dd - National Wildlife Refuge System

Directing the Service to administer federal refuges

Section 12.050 - Action to recover real property

Setting forth a 10-year period

Section 715d - Purchase or rental of approved areas or interests therein; gifts and devises; United States lands

Section 742f - Powers of Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce

Authorizing the Secretary to take steps "for the development, advancement, management, conservation and protection of fish and wildlife resources including . . . acquisition by purchase or exchange of land and water, or interest therein"