Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

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' "

Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.

Holding that mental disability is not a quasi-suspect class

Washington v. Glucksberg

Holding that there is no fundamental right to physician-assisted suicide

Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp.

Holding that plaintiffs need show only that "a discriminatory purpose has been a motivating factor in the decision," because, after all, "[r]arely can it be said that a legislature or administrative body operating under a broad mandate made a decision motivated solely by a single concern, or even that a particular purpose was the ‘dominant’ or ‘primary’ one."

Perry v. Sindermann

Holding that mutually explicit understanding could give rise to protected property interest

Lawrence v. Texas

Holding statute that criminalizes two persons of same sex engaging in intimate sexual conduct unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment

Washington v. Davis

Holding that disparate impact without evidence of discriminatory intent does not violate the Equal Protection Clause

Romer v. Evans

Holding unlawful a state law that precluded local ordinances from protecting homosexuals from discrimination because it "seems inexplicable by anything but animus toward the class it affects"

Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney

Holding that the Equal Protection Clause is implicated only when "a state legislatur[e] selected or reaffirmed a particular course of action at least in part `because of,' not merely `in spite of,' its adverse effects upon an identifiable group"

Griswold v. Connecticut

Holding unconstitutional state law that criminalized the use of "any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception"

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

Section 501 - Exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc

Granting tax-exempt status to qualified pension plans

Section 152 - Dependent defined

Defining the word "dependent" for tax code purposes as " a qualifying child, or a qualifying relative" who meets certain statutory criteria

Section 2056 - Bequests, etc., to surviving spouse

Requiring that the surviving spouse be given a general power of appointment over trust assets in order for the property to qualify for the marital deduction

Section 7 - Marriage

Containing no money-mandating provisions

Section 1041 - Transfers of property between spouses or incident to divorce

Providing a transferred basis rule

Section 308.5 - [Repealed]

Section 7702B - Treatment of qualified long-term care insurance

Defining “qualified long-term care services”

Section 2523 - Gift to spouse

Providing an unlimited marital deduction for the value of gifts to spouses