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Deserae Ryan et al v. Microsoft Corporation

MOTION to Dismiss ; Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support

73 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 253,396 times   279 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 267,252 times   365 Legal Analyses
    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' "

  3. Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife

    504 U.S. 555 (1992)   Cited 27,892 times   138 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"

  4. Steel Co. v. Citizens for Better Env't

    523 U.S. 83 (1998)   Cited 10,760 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court "act ultra vires" when it assumes "hypothetical jurisdiction" in order to rule on the merits

  5. Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc.

    528 U.S. 167 (2000)   Cited 7,165 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiffs who curtailed their recreational activities on a river due to reasonable concerns about the effect of pollutant discharges into that river had standing

  6. Daimlerchrysler Corp. v. Cuno

    547 U.S. 332 (2006)   Cited 2,660 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an injury a plaintiff "suffers in some indefinite way in common with people generally" is not a cognizable injury-in-fact

  7. Los Angeles v. Lyons

    461 U.S. 95 (1983)   Cited 7,520 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding there is no justiciable controversy where plaintiff had once been subjected to a chokehold

  8. Allen v. Wright

    468 U.S. 737 (1984)   Cited 4,764 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, even when plaintiffs allege "one of the most serious injuries recognized in our legal system," it's not justiciable where "the chain of causation between the challenged Government conduct and the asserted injury are far too weak for the chain as a whole to sustain respondents' standing"

  9. O'Shea v. Littleton

    414 U.S. 488 (1974)   Cited 4,092 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[p]ast exposure to illegal conduct does not in itself show a present case or controversy regarding injunctive relief ... if unaccompanied by any continuing, present adverse effects"

  10. Sprewell v. Golden State Warriors

    266 F.3d 979 (9th Cir. 2001)   Cited 5,072 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that unwarranted inferences are insufficient to defeat a motion to dismiss

  11. 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 346,583 times   923 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 38,969 times   317 Legal Analyses
    Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

  13. Rule 11 - Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 11   Cited 35,837 times   143 Legal Analyses
    Holding an "unrepresented party" to the same standard as an attorney

  14. Section 1404 - Change of venue

    28 U.S.C. § 1404   Cited 28,412 times   184 Legal Analyses
    Granting Class Plaintiffs' motion to transfer action in order to "facilitate a unified settlement approval process together with the class action cases in" In re Amex ASR

  15. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 17,860 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices

  16. Section 1 - Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty

    15 U.S.C. § 1   Cited 2,912 times   68 Legal Analyses
    Making illegal "[e]very contract, combination ..., or conspiracy, in restraint of trade"

  17. Section 17203 - Injunctive relief

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17203   Cited 986 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that an individual plead that she lost "money or property" because of the alleged deceptive conduct

  18. Section 15b - Limitation of actions

    15 U.S.C. § 15b   Cited 898 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Establishing a four-year limitations period for antitrust claims

  19. Section 17208 - Statute of limitations

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17208   Cited 631 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Governing UCL claims

  20. Section 16720 - Trust

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16720   Cited 423 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting any combination to prevent competition in the "sale or purchase of any commodity"