35 Cited authorities

  1. Dura Pharmaceuticals v. Broudo

    544 U.S. 336 (2005)   Cited 3,550 times   67 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the securities statutes have a private of action “not to provide investors with broad insurance against market losses, but to protect them against those economic losses that misrepresentations actually cause”
  2. Washington v. Glucksberg

    521 U.S. 702 (1997)   Cited 2,633 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that there is no fundamental right to physician-assisted suicide
  3. City of Boerne v. Flores

    521 U.S. 507 (1997)   Cited 1,800 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that RFRA is unconstitutional in so far as it permits suits against state actors
  4. Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates

    455 U.S. 489 (1982)   Cited 3,179 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the possible inhibition of a constitutional right is "perhaps the most important factor"
  5. Grayned v. City of Rockford

    408 U.S. 104 (1972)   Cited 4,715 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute's words, even when "marked by flexibility and reasonable breadth, rather than meticulous specificity," are clear based on "what the ordinance as a whole prohibits"
  6. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey

    505 U.S. 833 (1992)   Cited 1,859 times   29 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a spousal notification provision was unconstitutional
  7. Reno v. Flores

    507 U.S. 292 (1993)   Cited 1,736 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, in the immigration context, minors aged sixteen or seventeen are not "too young or too ignorant to exercise" their right to make a revocable waiver of a removal or deportation hearing
  8. Hill v. Colorado

    530 U.S. 703 (2000)   Cited 1,276 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding content neutral a ban on "picketing," "demonstrating," "protest, education, or counseling" even though it may require the government "to review the content of the statements made"
  9. Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah

    508 U.S. 520 (1993)   Cited 1,538 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that statements by city council, including asking: "[w]hat can we do to prevent the Church from opening?" to show animus
  10. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission

    512 U.S. 622 (1994)   Cited 1,292 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that rules that distinguish "based only upon the manner in which speakers transmit their messages to viewers, and not upon the messages they carry" are content-neutral
  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 345,885 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 156,205 times   193 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  13. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 17,837 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices
  14. Section 17500 - Untrue or misleading advertising

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17500   Cited 2,658 times   64 Legal Analyses
    Requiring action that originated in California to effect consumers in another state
  15. Section 330a - Unlawful possession of gaming machine

    Cal. Pen. Code § 330a   Cited 40 times
    Prohibiting possession of certain slot machines or devices
  16. Section 2271 - False or misleading advertising

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 2271   Cited 3 times

    Any advertising in violation of Section 17500, relating to false or misleading advertising, constitutes unprofessional conduct. Ca. Bus. and Prof'l. Code § 2271 Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.