96 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 266,896 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
  2. Graham v. Connor

    490 U.S. 386 (1989)   Cited 26,264 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the reasonableness of force deployed during an arrest is judged using the "facts and circumstances of each particular case" from the perspective of "a reasonable officer on the scene"
  3. Albright v. Oliver

    510 U.S. 266 (1994)   Cited 12,968 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the plaintiff’s § 1983 claim failed where the plaintiff failed to establish that he was deprived of a substantive due process right secured by the Constitution
  4. County of Sacramento v. Lewis

    523 U.S. 833 (1998)   Cited 9,017 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "only a purpose to cause harm unrelated to the legitimate object of arrest will satisfy the element of arbitrary conduct shocking to the conscience, necessary for a due process violation"
  5. Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz

    471 U.S. 462 (1985)   Cited 17,340 times   47 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant has "fair warning" if he purposefully directs his activities at residents of the forum and if the litigation results from alleged injuries arising out of or relating to those activities.
  6. Nken v. Holder

    556 U.S. 418 (2009)   Cited 3,613 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "courts must be mindful that the Government's role as the respondent in every removal proceeding does not make the public interest in each individual one negligible"
  7. Hudson v. Palmer

    468 U.S. 517 (1984)   Cited 12,820 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that prisoners have no reasonable expectation of privacy
  8. Zadvydas v. Davis

    533 U.S. 678 (2001)   Cited 4,344 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Government's detention authority under Section 1231 is authorized for "a period reasonably necessary to secure removal"
  9. Collins v. Harker Heights

    503 U.S. 115 (1992)   Cited 5,008 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 1983 "does not provide a remedy for abuses that do not violate federal law"
  10. United States v. Lanier

    520 U.S. 259 (1997)   Cited 2,477 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts should look to prior judicial decisions interpreting a statute in considering whether it is vague
  11. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 163,952 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  12. Section 1252 - Judicial review of orders of removal

    8 U.S.C. § 1252   Cited 43,426 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Holding court had no jurisdiction to review "any judgment regarding the granting of relief under section . . . 1229b"
  13. Section 1226 - Apprehension and detention of aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1226   Cited 3,232 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Ruling that no court may set aside an immigration judge's "discretionary judgment any action or decision . . . regarding the detention or release of any alien or the grant, revocation, or denial of bond or parole"
  14. Section 1105a - Employment authorization for battered spouses of certain nonimmigrants

    8 U.S.C. § 1105a   Cited 2,576 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Requiring appellate courts to uphold the Board's conclusions if "supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record as a whole"
  15. Section 52-59b - Jurisdiction of courts over nonresident individuals, foreign partnerships and foreign voluntary associations. Service of process

    Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-59b   Cited 239 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Listing criteria to include among others a non-resident defendant who “[t]ransacts any business within the state”