47 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 267,684 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 280,676 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. Erickson v. Pardus

    551 U.S. 89 (2007)   Cited 65,468 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint must "give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon which it rests"
  4. Pegram v. Herdrich

    530 U.S. 211 (2000)   Cited 1,391 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that there was "jurisdiction regardless of the correctness of the removal" because the "amended complaint alleged ERISA violations, over which the federal courts have jurisdiction"
  5. Tamayo v. Blagojevich

    526 F.3d 1074 (7th Cir. 2008)   Cited 3,101 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a senior administrator who testified before a legislative committee with oversight of her agency was "discharging the responsibilities of her office, not appearing as 'Jane Q. Public.' "
  6. Braden v. Wal-Mart Stores

    588 F.3d 585 (8th Cir. 2009)   Cited 1,969 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding fiduciary had duty to disclose "complete and accurate material information about the Plan funds and the process by which they were selected"
  7. Central States Pension Fund v. Central Transp

    472 U.S. 559 (1985)   Cited 622 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding ERISA fiduciaries to the "more specific trustee duties itemized in the Act"
  8. Apex Digital v. Sears

    572 F.3d 440 (7th Cir. 2009)   Cited 848 times
    Holding that standing is a jurisdictional requirement
  9. Arreola v. Godinez

    546 F.3d 788 (7th Cir. 2008)   Cited 693 times
    Holding that the need for individual damages determination did not require denial of the motion for class certification
  10. Limestone v. Village

    520 F.3d 797 (7th Cir. 2008)   Cited 664 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the continuing violation doctrine simply “allow suit to be delayed until a series of wrongful acts blossoms into an injury on which suit can be brought”
  11. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 164,394 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 1106 - Prohibited transactions

    29 U.S.C. § 1106   Cited 1,241 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting a plan administrator or a plan fiduciary from transferring to or for the benefit of a party in interest any assets of the plan