550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 268,629 times 366 Legal Analyses
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' "
Holding that any waiver of "sovereign immunity must be unequivocally expressed in statutory text" and "will be strictly construed, in terms of its scope, in favor of the sovereign"
444 U.S. 111 (1979) Cited 2,595 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that claim under Federal Tort Claims Act accrued when plaintiff possessed "critical facts that he has been hurt and who has inflicted the injury," and rejecting argument that "plaintiff's ignorance of his legal rights" deferred accrual
Holding that 28 U.S.C. § 2680(h) "applies to both `misrepresentation' and `deceit,' and, as `deceit' means fraudulent misrepresentation, `misrepresentation' must have been meant to include negligent misrepresentation, since otherwise the word `misrepresentation' would be duplicative"
Holding that, in a cancellation proceeding, "an intent-to-use applicant prevails over any opposer who began using a similar mark after the intent-to-use filing date"