Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

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' "

Jones v. Greninger

Holding that in order to state a valid claim for retaliation under § 1983, a prisoner must allege, among other things, "the defendant's intent to retaliate against the prisoner for his or her exercise" of a constitutional right

Funk v. Stryker Corp.

Holding court lacked jurisdiction to consider district court's denial of plaintiff's postjudgment motions because he did not file an amended, or separate, notice of appeal

Lewis v. Bank of America NA

Holding that plaintiff's decision to enter into transaction without undertaking additional investigation into tax consequences was not justifiable given his access to professional accountants, the amount of money involved, and the ambiguous nature of the defendant's representations

Richman v. Goldman Sachs Grp., Inc.

Holding that an SEC Wells Notice did not trigger a duty to disclose under Item 103

Pension Advisory Grp., Ltd. v. Country Life Ins. Co.

Holding that if Illinois law were applicable to the plaintiff's causes of action, it would not necessarily warrant transfer to Illinois as the transferor court "is fully equipped to research and interpret the laws of other states"

Palm Beach Strategic Income, LP v. Salzman

Holding that the court could not "plausibly accept as true" an allegation that was blatantly inconsistent with the party's earlier pleadings

Am. Realty Tr., Inc. v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co. of Am.

Holding that under Rule 8, a plaintiff need not plead each element of its claim in detail, but must instead "describe the alleged terms of the contract in a sufficiently specific manner to give the defendant notice of the nature of the claim"

Green v. Niles

Dismissing an inmate's claim because "a prison's loss of an inmate property . . . will not support a due process claim redressable under § 1983 if adequate state post-deprivation remedies are available"

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 78q - Records and reports

Requiring registered broker-dealers to make and keep records prescribed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Section 240.17a-5 - Reports to be made by certain brokers and dealers