19 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 263,882 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
  2. Calder v. Jones

    465 U.S. 783 (1984)   Cited 4,744 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding 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"
  3. Cort v. Ash

    422 U.S. 66 (1975)   Cited 3,075 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding no private action under criminal statutes absent clear statutory basis for such inference
  4. Illinois v. Fisher

    540 U.S. 544 (2004)   Cited 498 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding 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”
  5. Cuvillier v. Taylor

    503 F.3d 397 (5th Cir. 2007)   Cited 1,460 times
    Holding 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)
  6. Priester v. Lowndes County

    354 F.3d 414 (5th Cir. 2004)   Cited 625 times
    Holding 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"
  7. Panda Brandywine Corp. v. Potomac Elec. Power

    253 F.3d 865 (5th Cir. 2001)   Cited 651 times
    Holding that a district court need not "credit conclusory allegations, even if uncontroverted"
  8. McFadin v. Gerber

    587 F.3d 753 (5th Cir. 2009)   Cited 467 times
    Holding that "the actions of an agent may establish minimum contacts over a principal" but requiring the plaintiff to show an agency relationship
  9. American Type Culture Collection v. Coleman

    83 S.W.3d 801 (Tex. 2002)   Cited 574 times
    Holding FOB—free on board—means title passes at designated FOB point
  10. Mink v. AAAA Dev. LLC

    190 F.3d 333 (5th Cir. 1999)   Cited 548 times
    Holding that website is passive when it provides the user with printable forms and displays contact information
  11. Section 1367 - Supplemental jurisdiction

    28 U.S.C. § 1367   Cited 64,290 times   81 Legal Analyses
    Holding 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"
  12. Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 5   Cited 23,110 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Providing for service via CM/ECF Systems