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' "

Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l USA

Holding that respondents could not establish injury by relying on a "speculative chain of possibilities"

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 the tenured public employee was "entitled to oral or written notice of the charges against him, an explanation of the employer's evidence, and an opportunity to present his side of the story"

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

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"

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

Holding that the plaintiffs had standing because a statute criminalized knowingly providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, and the plaintiffs had provided support to groups designated as terrorist organizations and planned to provide similar support in the future

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