Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

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

American Dental Assoc. v. Cigna Corp.

Holding 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

Brown Shoe Co. v. United States

Holding judgment final and appealable where district court passed on every prayer for relief in the complaint and ordered full divestiture of stock, although court had not yet approved a divestiture plan

Jefferson Parish Hospital Dist. No. 2 v. Hyde

Holding that "any inquiry into the validity of a tying arrangement must focus on the market or markets in which the two products are sold, for that is where the anticompetitive forcing has its impact"

United States v. du Pont Co.

Holding relevant market is defined by "commodities reasonably interchangeable by consumers for the same purposes" as subject product; finding, where product was cellophane, relevant product market was "flexible packaging material market"

Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc.

Holding that separate markets existed for software and hardware even when they were always bundled together

Lafayette v. Louisiana Power Light Co.

Holding that States and municipalities are “persons” under federal antitrust law

Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire

Holding that municipal entities, though not sovereign, may avail themselves of the immunity if their actions spring from governing state authority

Parker v. Brown

Holding that restraints imposed by the state "as an act of government" are immune from antitrust liability

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting 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

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Section 13-8-2 - Contracts contravening public policy generally

Prohibiting "contracts in general restraint of trade"

Section 36-34-5 - Acquisition and construction of water and sewage systems

Authorizing municipalities "[t]o operate and maintain any such [water] systems"

Section 36-65-1 - Statement of policy

Section 36-65-2 - Immunity of local governments from antitrust liability