350 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 263,477 times 281 Legal Analyses
Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 276,716 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
Johnson v. City of Shelby
574 U.S. 10 (2014) Cited 3,155 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding plaintiffs must plead facts, not theories
Amchem Prods., Inc. v. Windsor
521 U.S. 591 (1997) Cited 7,108 times 69 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts are "bound to enforce" Rule 23's certification requirements, even where it means decertifying a class after they had reached a settlement agreement and submitted it to the court for approval
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
444 U.S. 286 (1980) Cited 11,008 times 32 Legal Analyses
Holding that an Oklahoma court could not exercise personal jurisdiction over a car retailer when the retailer's only connection to Oklahoma was the fact that a car sold in New York became involved in an accident in Oklahoma
Shady Grove Orthopedic v. Allstate Ins. Co.
559 U.S. 393 (2010) Cited 1,203 times 45 Legal Analyses
Holding that rules of civil procedure allowing multiple claims to be litigated together "neither change plaintiffs' separate entitlements to relief nor abridge defendants' rights; they alter only how the claims are processed"
Boyle v. United States
556 U.S. 938 (2009) Cited 1,170 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that a RICO enterprise "need not have a hierarchical structure or a 'chain of command'; decisions may be made on an ad hoc basis and by any number of methods — by majority vote, consensus, a show of strength, etc."
Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indem. Co.
553 U.S. 639 (2008) Cited 1,129 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that bidders at a county tax-lien auction plausibly alleged RICO proximate causation when they lost to a competing bidder who lied to the county about complying with the auction's rules
United States v. Turkette
452 U.S. 576 (1981) Cited 2,746 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that a RICO enterprise must exist "separate and apart" from the pattern of racketeering activity
Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corp.
503 U.S. 258 (1992) Cited 1,689 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) could not recover under RICO for stock-manipulation scheme that bankrupted broker-dealers, triggering a statutory requirement that SIPC meet the broker-dealers' obligations to their customers
Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters
Fed. R. Civ. P. 9 Cited 39,880 times 331 Legal Analyses
Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity
Section 48.193 - Acts subjecting person to jurisdiction of courts of state
Fla. Stat. § 48.193 Cited 1,648 times 15 Legal Analyses
Referencing Fla. Stat. § 685.102
Section 95.031 - Computation of time
Fla. Stat. § 95.031 Cited 637 times 9 Legal Analyses
Delaying the start of the four-year limitations period for actions "founded upon fraud" until "the facts giving rise to the cause of action were discovered or should have been discovered with the exercise of due diligence"
Section 47-18-109 - Private right of action - Damages - Notice to attorney general
Tenn. Code § 47-18-109 Cited 201 times 3 Legal Analyses
Codifying 1977 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 438, § 10
Section 39-5-140 - Actions for damages
S.C. Code § 39-5-140 Cited 176 times 1 Legal Analyses
Providing private cause of action
Section 2725 - Statute of limitations in contracts for sale
Cal. Com. Code § 2725 Cited 147 times
Providing four-year limitations period for breach of express warranty claims
Section 260:12 - Fraudulent concealment; commencement of limitations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260 § 12 Cited 117 times
Tolling limitations periods where a "person liable to a personal action conceals the cause of such action from the knowledge of the person entitled to bring it"
Section 2.607 - Effect of Acceptance; Notice of Breach; Burden of Establishing Breach After Acceptance; Notice of Claim or Litigation to Person Answerable Over
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2.607 Cited 101 times
Providing that, where tender has been accepted, "the buyer must within a reasonable time after he discovers or should have discovered any breach notify the seller of breach or be barred from any remedy"
Section 336.2-725 - STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN CONTRACTS FOR SALE
Minn. Stat. § 336.2-725 Cited 85 times
Establishing four-year limitations period for warranty claims
Section 8-19-10 - Private right of action
Ala. Code § 8-19-10 Cited 81 times 1 Legal Analyses
Providing that "a reasonable attorney's fee" may be recovered in "any successful [DTPA] action"

Dunn et al v. Takata Corporation et al

350 Cited authorities

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

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

Holding plaintiffs must plead facts, not theories

Holding that courts are "bound to enforce" Rule 23's certification requirements, even where it means decertifying a class after they had reached a settlement agreement and submitted it to the court for approval

Holding that an Oklahoma court could not exercise personal jurisdiction over a car retailer when the retailer's only connection to Oklahoma was the fact that a car sold in New York became involved in an accident in Oklahoma

Holding that rules of civil procedure allowing multiple claims to be litigated together "neither change plaintiffs' separate entitlements to relief nor abridge defendants' rights; they alter only how the claims are processed"

Holding that a RICO enterprise "need not have a hierarchical structure or a 'chain of command'; decisions may be made on an ad hoc basis and by any number of methods — by majority vote, consensus, a show of strength, etc."

Holding that bidders at a county tax-lien auction plausibly alleged RICO proximate causation when they lost to a competing bidder who lied to the county about complying with the auction's rules

Holding that a RICO enterprise must exist "separate and apart" from the pattern of racketeering activity

Holding that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) could not recover under RICO for stock-manipulation scheme that bankrupted broker-dealers, triggering a statutory requirement that SIPC meet the broker-dealers' obligations to their customers

Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

Referencing Fla. Stat. § 685.102

Delaying the start of the four-year limitations period for actions "founded upon fraud" until "the facts giving rise to the cause of action were discovered or should have been discovered with the exercise of due diligence"

Codifying 1977 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 438, § 10

Providing private cause of action

Providing four-year limitations period for breach of express warranty claims

Tolling limitations periods where a "person liable to a personal action conceals the cause of such action from the knowledge of the person entitled to bring it"

Providing that, where tender has been accepted, "the buyer must within a reasonable time after he discovers or should have discovered any breach notify the seller of breach or be barred from any remedy"

Establishing four-year limitations period for warranty claims

Providing that "a reasonable attorney's fee" may be recovered in "any successful [DTPA] action"