Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 252,314 times 279 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 266,259 times 365 Legal AnalysesHolding 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' "
Tannenbaum v. U.S.
148 F.3d 1262 (11th Cir. 1998) Cited 2,744 timesHolding that pro se pleadings "are held to a less stringent standard than pleadings drafted by attorneys and will, therefore, be liberally construed"
American Dental Assoc. v. Cigna Corp.
605 F.3d 1283 (11th Cir. 2010) Cited 1,578 timesHolding that the district court properly dismissed plaintiffs' § 1962(c) claims because plaintiffs had not sufficiently pled the acts of mail and wire fraud alleged to form a pattern of racketeering activity
Jackson v. Bellsouth Telecomms.
372 F.3d 1250 (11th Cir. 2004) Cited 1,773 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that the same analysis applies to federal and Florida RICO claims
GJR Investments, Inc. v. County of Escambia
132 F.3d 1359 (11th Cir. 1998) Cited 2,291 timesHolding that a complaint that fails to make particularized allegations that a conspiracy existed in a § 1983 claim should be dismissed
Chaparro v. Carnival Corp.
693 F.3d 1333 (11th Cir. 2012) Cited 1,166 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding the same when the plaintiffs were "trapped in bus during shooting near [the beach]" where their daughter was shot to death
Griffin v. Irvin
496 F.3d 1189 (11th Cir. 2007) Cited 664 timesHolding that the language in the Equal Protection Clause "may, as it does here, simply operate at too high a level of generality" to make prior case law unnecessary, and that the broad legal principles in "class of one" cases were inapplicable because "the precise facts of a case are critical in evaluating a 'class of one' claim"
Mamani v. Berzain
654 F.3d 1148 (11th Cir. 2011) Cited 571 timesHolding that shootings based on "individual motivations (personal reasons) not linked to defendants" and those "compatible with accidental or negligent shooting" are not extrajudicial killings
Anderson v. District Board of Trustees of Central Florida Community College
77 F.3d 364 (11th Cir. 1996) Cited 895 timesHolding that plaintiffs are required to "present each claim for relief in a separate count" rather than asserting numerous claims within a single count
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 345,449 times 922 Legal AnalysesGranting 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
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 155,974 times 193 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters
Fed. R. Civ. P. 9 Cited 38,889 times 316 Legal AnalysesPermitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"
Section 1964 - Civil remedies
18 U.S.C. § 1964 Cited 6,084 times 41 Legal AnalysesGranting civil remedies for RICO violation
Section 1640 - Civil liability
15 U.S.C. § 1640 Cited 4,912 times 24 Legal AnalysesHolding "any creditor who fails to comply" liable, with creditors defined within § 1602(g) as persons
Section 559.72 - Prohibited practices generally
Fla. Stat. § 559.72 Cited 467 times 7 Legal AnalysesProhibiting an "attempt ... to enforce a debt when [the debt collector] knows that the debt is not legitimate"
Section 559.55 - Definitions
Fla. Stat. § 559.55 Cited 329 times 7 Legal AnalysesIncluding "debtor" in the same definition
Section 559.77 - Civil remedies
Fla. Stat. § 559.77 Cited 251 times 9 Legal AnalysesEstablishing a two-year statute of limitations for claims under the FCCPA