Ashcroft v. Iqbal

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

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

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

Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l USA

Holding that, in the absence of some independent existing or impending harm, plaintiffs "cannot manufacture standing merely by inflicting harm on themselves"

Mathews v. Eldridge

Holding that a procedure based on written submissions was adequate because it included safeguards against mistake including that the agency informed the recipient of its tentative assessment and the evidence supporting it and an opportunity was then afforded the recipient to submit additional evidence "enabling him to challenge directly the accuracy of information in his file as well as the correctness of the agency's tentative conclusions"

Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill

Holding that a public employee must be provided with "some kind of hearing" before termination

Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms

Holding that plaintiffs, alfalfa farmers, had standing based on a causal chain, though plaintiffs did not identify particular alfalfa plants that had been, or would necessarily be, pollinated by bees who carried the genetically engineered gene at issue

Starr v. Baca

Holding that a series of investigative reports documenting systemic deficiencies in a jail put the defendant-supervisor on notice of the risk of the harm that befell the plaintiff

McCarthy v. Madigan

Holding that a prisoner was not required to exhaust the Bureau of Prisons' administrative procedure before making a Bivens claim for money damages

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

Holding that there was a credible risk of enforcement because about 150 people had been previously charged with violating the relevant statue- several for violating the statutory terms at issue in that case

Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner

Holding that plaintiffs subject to a regulation had standing to challenge it even though the Attorney General had yet to "authorize criminal and seizure actions for violations of the statute"

Rule 25 - Substitution of Parties

Providing for the automatic substitution at the district-court level of public officers sued in their official capacities

Section 46110 - Judicial review

Granting exclusive jurisdiction to the federal courts of appeals to "review" the "order" of agencies including the TSA

Section 114 - Transportation Security Administration

Granting the TSA authority to prescribe regulations prohibiting the disclosure of information if such disclosure would be detrimental to transportation security

Section 1459 - Reporting requirements for individuals

Providing criminal penalties for any individual who intentionally fails to enter at a designated border crossing point, fails to report the arrival, and fails to present for inspection

Section 533 - Investigative and other officials; appointment

Authorizing FBI cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies at the request of the State Department

Section 44903 - Air transportation security

Requiring TSA to "ensure that Federal Government databases that will be used to establish the identity of a passenger under the system will not produce a large number of false positives"

Section 111 - Executive department; mission

Making the Department of Homeland Security an executive department

Section 44926 - Appeal and redress process for passengers wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight

Directing the DHS to create a redress program without requiring that travelers take advantage of it

Section 1433 - Report of arrival of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft

Providing that after arriving in the United States, a vehicle may "depart from the . . . place . . . of arrival; or discharge any passenger" only "in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary [of Homeland Security]"

Section 404o - Transferred

Section 235.1 - Scope of examination

Providing that "[a]n alien stowaway is not an applicant for admission"

Section 1520.5 - Sensitive security information

Listing categories of SSI

Section 0.85 - General functions

Instructing the Director of the FBI to operate "a computerized nationwide index of law enforcement information"

Section 1560.205 - Redress process

Describing the DHS TRIP procedure