10 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 248,794 times   279 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 262,883 times   364 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' "
  3. United States v. Mitchell

    445 U.S. 535 (1980)   Cited 2,300 times
    Holding that the United States does not have a specific fiduciary obligation to manage timber resources on allotted lands, held in trust for Indian-allotees
  4. United States v. Sherwood

    312 U.S. 584 (1941)   Cited 3,381 times
    Holding that the Claims Court lacked jurisdiction over claims that are not against United States
  5. Theunissen v. Matthews

    935 F.2d 1454 (6th Cir. 1991)   Cited 1,128 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiff need only make a prima facie showing of personal jurisdiction where the district court allowed no discovery and decided the motion on the basis of factually conflicting affidavits
  6. Kohl v. United States

    699 F.3d 935 (6th Cir. 2012)   Cited 42 times
    Holding that "[t]he planning and execution of the research experiment is susceptible to policy analysis, including judgments about . . . level of safety precautions to take, and how best to execute the experiment"
  7. 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 341,548 times   915 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  8. Section 1915 - Proceedings in forma pauperis

    28 U.S.C. § 1915   Cited 284,940 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, after a plaintiff is granted in forma pauperis status, "the court shall dismiss the case at any time if the court determines that . . . the action or appeal . . . fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted"
  9. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 154,102 times   193 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  10. Section 2675 - Disposition by federal agency as prerequisite; evidence

    28 U.S.C. § 2675   Cited 7,012 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Setting forth FTCA's administrative exhaustion requirement