Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "

Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"

Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio

Holding that, on summary judgment, antitrust plaintiffs "must show that the inference of conspiracy is reasonable in light of the competing inferences of independent action or collusive action that could not have harmed" them

Adickes v. Kress Co.

Holding that a private person who conspires with government actors to deprive a plaintiff of her constitutional rights acts "under color of law" for purposes of § 1983

Ernst Ernst v. Hochfelder

Holding that Section 9(f) “contains a state-of-mind condition requiring something more than negligence”

Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Co.

Holding that Erie doctrine applies to conflict-of-law rules

Bass v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co.

Holding that conclusory allegations that the employer discriminated against the plaintiff "because of her race and sex" were not sufficient to allege a claim when the facts of the complaint did not support the conclusory allegation

Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green

Holding that the Securities Exchange Act is limited in scope to its textual provisions and does not conflict with state law regarding corporate misconduct, particularly corporate mismanagement

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 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

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. . . ."

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

Section 77q - Fraudulent interstate transactions

Prohibiting the use of "any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud" in connection with the offer or sale of any security

Section 75-1.1 - Methods of competition, acts and practices regulated; legislative policy

Declaring unlawful "unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce"

Section 17 - Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations

Section 78A-8 - Sales and purchases

Imposing liability on "any person, in connection with the offer, sale or purchase of any security, directly or indirectly," who made a material misrepresentation or omission "in light of the circumstances" and upon which a plaintiff relied