23 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 264,376 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 277,581 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. Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp.

    429 U.S. 252 (1977)   Cited 4,391 times   8 Legal Analyses
    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."
  4. Jackson v. Bellsouth Telecomms.

    372 F.3d 1250 (11th Cir. 2004)   Cited 1,847 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the same analysis applies to federal and Florida RICO claims
  5. Gratz v. Bollinger

    539 U.S. 244 (2003)   Cited 449 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "administrative challenges" of "providing individualized consideration" do not justify bypassing "narrow tailor[ing]"
  6. Edwards v. Prime Inc.

    602 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 2010)   Cited 1,057 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that legal conclusions about hypothetical facts are dicta
  7. Bryant v. Avado Brands, Inc.

    187 F.3d 1271 (11th Cir. 1999)   Cited 1,314 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “a court, when considering a motion to dismiss in a securities fraud case, may take judicial notice . . . of relevant public documents required to be filed with the SEC”
  8. Roe v. Aware Woman Center for Choice, Inc.

    253 F.3d 678 (11th Cir. 2001)   Cited 953 times
    Holding complaint must "contain inferential allegations from which [the court] can identify each of the material elements necessary to sustain a recovery"
  9. Financial Sec. v. Stephens, Inc.

    500 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 2007)   Cited 635 times
    Holding that it is appropriate to consider a document attached to a motion to dismiss when "a plaintiff refers to a document in its complaint, the document is central to its claim, its contents are not in dispute, and the defendant attaches the document to its motion to dismiss"
  10. Bell v. Ohio State University

    351 F.3d 240 (6th Cir. 2003)   Cited 589 times
    Holding that conclusory or unsupported allegations do not show a genuine issue for trial
  11. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 162,588 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. Rule 201 - Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts

    Fed. R. Evid. 201   Cited 29,515 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding "[n]ormally, in deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, courts must limit their inquiry to the facts stated in the complaint and the documents either attached to or incorporated in the complaint. However, courts may also consider matters of which they may take judicial notice."