Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 260,142 times 281 Legal AnalysesHolding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
Calder v. Jones
465 U.S. 783 (1984) Cited 4,702 times 23 Legal AnalysesHolding a California court had personal jurisdiction over individual defendants when the defendants had not visited the state in connection with an allegedly defamatory article and "[we]re not responsible for the circulation of the article in California"
Cort v. Ash
422 U.S. 66 (1975) Cited 3,066 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding no private action under criminal statutes absent clear statutory basis for such inference
Illinois v. Fisher
540 U.S. 544 (2004) Cited 490 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding that the mere fact that destroyed evidence was at the time sought in a pending discovery request did not “eliminate the necessity of showing bad faith on the part of police”
Cuvillier v. Taylor
503 F.3d 397 (5th Cir. 2007) Cited 1,444 timesHolding that "to survive a Rule 12(b) motion to dismiss, a complaint 'does not need detailed factual allegations,' but must provide the plaintiff's grounds for entitlement to relief-including factual allegations that when assumed to be true 'raise a right to relief above the speculative level.'" (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555)
Priester v. Lowndes County
354 F.3d 414 (5th Cir. 2004) Cited 616 timesHolding that in order to succeed in a Section 1983 suit against a private citizen, the plaintiff must allege an agreement between the private and public defendants to commit an illegal act and that "[a]llegations that are merely conclusory, without reference to specific facts, will not suffice"
Panda Brandywine Corp. v. Potomac Elec. Power
253 F.3d 865 (5th Cir. 2001) Cited 642 timesHolding that a district court need not "credit conclusory allegations, even if uncontroverted"
McFadin v. Gerber
587 F.3d 753 (5th Cir. 2009) Cited 457 timesHolding that "the actions of an agent may establish minimum contacts over a principal" but requiring the plaintiff to show an agency relationship
American Type Culture Collection v. Coleman
83 S.W.3d 801 (Tex. 2002) Cited 572 timesHolding FOB—free on board—means title passes at designated FOB point
Mink v. AAAA Dev. LLC
190 F.3d 333 (5th Cir. 1999) Cited 545 timesHolding that website is passive when it provides the user with printable forms and displays contact information
Section 1367 - Supplemental jurisdiction
28 U.S.C. § 1367 Cited 63,426 times 78 Legal AnalysesHolding that in civil actions proceeding in federal court based solely on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the district court "shall not have supplemental jurisdiction" over "claims by plaintiffs against persons made parties under Rule . . . 24" or "over claims by persons . . seeking to intervene as plaintiffs under Rule 24," if "exercising supplemental jurisdiction over such claims would be inconsistent with the jurisdictional requirements of section 1332"
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,753 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system