74 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 255,693 times   280 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 269,419 times   367 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. Central Bank of Denver v. First I.S. Bk. of Denver

    511 U.S. 164 (1994)   Cited 1,706 times   79 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Section 10(b)’s private right of action does not include suits against aiders and abettors
  4. Vess v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. USA

    317 F.3d 1097 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 4,234 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Rule 9(b) pleading standards apply to California CLRA, FAL, and UCL claims because, though fraud is not an essential element of those statutes, a plaintiff alleges a fraudulent course of conduct as the basis of those claims
  5. Kearns v. Ford Motor Co.

    567 F.3d 1120 (9th Cir. 2009)   Cited 2,278 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that circumstances constituting fraud must be stated with particularity
  6. Gregory v. Ashcroft

    501 U.S. 452 (1991)   Cited 992 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding Missouri's judicial age limitation of 70 rationally related to such legitimate purposes as avoiding laborious testing of older judges' physical and mental acuity, promoting orderly attrition of judges, and recognizing that judges' remoteness from public view makes determination of competency, and removal from office, more difficult than for other office-holders
  7. Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.

    20 Cal.4th 163 (Cal. 1999)   Cited 2,435 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that for an act to be "unfair," it must "threaten" a violation of law or "violate the policy or spirit of one of those laws because its effects are comparable to or the same as a violation of the law"
  8. Bond v. United States

    572 U.S. 844 (2014)   Cited 357 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 does not reach the simple assault at issue in that case
  9. In re Tobacco II Cases

    46 Cal.4th 298 (Cal. 2009)   Cited 1,207 times   35 Legal Analyses
    Holding class representatives had standing to challenge common marketing of cigarettes despite differences in the advertisements or statements on which class members relied
  10. Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Milhollin

    444 U.S. 555 (1980)   Cited 832 times
    Holding that deference was appropriate to official staff opinions of Federal Reserve Board interpreting the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z, unless demonstrably irrational
  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 349,026 times   931 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 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 39,155 times   321 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity
  13. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 17,954 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices
  14. Rule 19 - Required Joinder of Parties

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 19   Cited 9,589 times   55 Legal Analyses
    Holding a person must be joined if disposing the action in the person's absence may leave an existing party subject to a "substantial" risk of incurring inconsistent obligations
  15. Section 1601 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

    15 U.S.C. § 1601   Cited 7,826 times   54 Legal Analyses
    Explaining that TILA's disclosure requirements exist “so that the consumer will be able to compare more readily the various credit terms available to him and avoid the uninformed use of credit”
  16. Section 1640 - Civil liability

    15 U.S.C. § 1640   Cited 4,928 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding "any creditor who fails to comply" liable, with creditors defined within § 1602(g) as persons
  17. Section 1602 - Definitions and rules of construction

    15 U.S.C. § 1602   Cited 1,877 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Granting Federal Reserve authority to issue rules to carry out the CARD Act
  18. Section 340 - Penalty or forfeiture; libel, slander, false imprisonment, seduction, payment on forged check, neglect of animal; officer seizing property; good faith improver

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 340   Cited 1,572 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Providing a one-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims arising prior to January 1, 2003
  19. Section 1638 - Transactions other than under an open end credit plan

    15 U.S.C. § 1638   Cited 1,185 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Describing TILA’s disclosure requirements for consumer credit transactions
  20. Section 1639 - Requirements for certain mortgages

    15 U.S.C. § 1639   Cited 994 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Describing information that must be disclosed to consumers by a creditor, including annual percentage rate and monthly payment
  21. Section 1026.36 - Prohibited acts or practices and certain requirements for credit secured by a dwelling

    12 C.F.R. § 1026.36   Cited 106 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Addressing mortgage servicer disclosure requirements in connection with processing of partial payments
  22. Section 1026.2 - Definitions and rules of construction

    12 C.F.R. § 1026.2   Cited 67 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Defining "consummation"
  23. Section 1026.1 - Authority, purpose, coverage, organization, enforcement, and liability

    12 C.F.R. § 1026.1   Cited 37 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Limiting coverage of TILA to extensions of credit to consumers