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Dettling et al v. Medtech College, Llc et al

MOTION to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim

24 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 266,946 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 279,983 times   369 Legal Analyses
    Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing

  3. United States v. Bestfoods

    524 U.S. 51 (1998)   Cited 1,448 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that ownership and control is insufficient to demonstrate an alter-ego relationship

  4. Francis v. Giacomelli

    588 F.3d 186 (4th Cir. 2009)   Cited 4,075 times
    Holding that the defendant was entitled to qualified immunity since "his actions were not clearly unlawful when performed"

  5. Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson

    538 U.S. 468 (2003)   Cited 530 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a now-private corporation could not assert sovereign immunity in a suit involving events that occurred when the entity was owned by a foreign sovereign

  6. Wahi v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.

    562 F.3d 599 (4th Cir. 2009)   Cited 904 times
    Holding that an issue raised in a footnote and addressed with only a single declarative sentence asserting error is waived

  7. Migdal v. Rowe Price-Fleming Intern., Inc.

    248 F.3d 321 (4th Cir. 2001)   Cited 717 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “Rule 12(b) requires more than the mere recitation of boilerplate statutory language”

  8. Pearson v. Component Tech. Corp.

    247 F.3d 471 (3d Cir. 2001)   Cited 645 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that no person held a director or officer position both with CompTech and with GECC

  9. McCleary-Evans v. Md. Dep't of Transp., State Highway Admin.

    780 F.3d 582 (4th Cir. 2015)   Cited 234 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that permitting a claim to go forward where nothing more than that an adverse act was done by someone outside of the protected class would permit almost all claims to survive a motion to dismiss

  10. Harman v. Unisys Corp.

    356 F. App'x 638 (4th Cir. 2009)   Cited 119 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it allowed a party to file a motion response one day out of time, citing Rule 6(b)

  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 361,663 times   960 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 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 163,974 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  13. Section 2101 - Definitions; exclusions from definition of loss of employment

    29 U.S.C. § 2101   Cited 836 times   39 Legal Analyses
    Defining "mass layoff" as "a reduction in force" that is not the result of a plant closing and "(B) results in an employment loss"

  14. Section 639.3 - Definitions

    20 C.F.R. § 639.3   Cited 232 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Describing what constitutes a "single site of employment"