19 Cited authorities

  1. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

    511 U.S. 375 (1994)   Cited 18,740 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that absent a reservation of jurisdiction in the stipulated dismissal order, federal courts lack jurisdiction to consider enforcement of a settlement agreement
  2. Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police

    491 U.S. 58 (1989)   Cited 23,909 times
    Holding that official capacity state officer suits for prospective injunctive relief are suits against a "person" under § 1983 even though a "State" is not a "person" under that statute
  3. Papasan v. Allain

    478 U.S. 265 (1986)   Cited 16,543 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Ex parte Young would not support a suit against a state for ongoing liability for an alleged past breach of trust, since "continuing payment of the income from the lost corpus is essentially equivalent in economic terms to a one-time restoration of the lost corpus itself"
  4. Pennhurst State School Hosp. v. Halderman

    465 U.S. 89 (1984)   Cited 13,334 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sovereign immunity prohibits federal courts from "instruct[ing] state officials on how to conform their conduct to state law"
  5. Puerto Rico Aqueduct Sewer Auth. v. Metcalf Eddy

    506 U.S. 139 (1993)   Cited 2,542 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding States and state entities that are (or claim to be) "arms of the State" may appeal a district court decision denying Eleventh Amendment immunity pursuant to the collateral order doctrine
  6. Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon

    473 U.S. 234 (1985)   Cited 1,999 times
    Holding that a state's consent to suit in state court does not waive a state's immunity to suit in federal court
  7. White v. Lee

    227 F.3d 1214 (9th Cir. 2000)   Cited 2,048 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, because it “is based on and implements the First Amendment right to petition,” the Noerr–Pennington doctrine “applies equally in all contexts”
  8. Thornhill Pub. v. General Telephone Elec

    594 F.2d 730 (9th Cir. 1979)   Cited 2,909 times
    Holding that conclusory and speculative affidavits are insufficient to defeat summary judgment
  9. Dittman v. California

    191 F.3d 1020 (9th Cir. 1999)   Cited 881 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 7 is not enforceable through § 1983
  10. Roberts v. Corrothers

    812 F.2d 1173 (9th Cir. 1987)   Cited 824 times
    Holding that a court may not resolve genuinely disputed facts where "the question of jurisdiction is dependent on the resolution of factual issues going to the merits"
  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 482,732 times   684 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
  12. 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 342,514 times   917 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  13. Section 1915 - Proceedings in forma pauperis

    28 U.S.C. § 1915   Cited 285,687 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"
  14. Section 1500 - Department of Motor Vehicles

    Cal. Veh. Code § 1500   Cited 2 times

    (a) There is in the Transportation Agency the Department of Motor Vehicles. (b) Whenever the term "Business, Transportation and Housing Agency" appears within the Vehicle Code, it shall refer to the Transportation Agency, and whenever the term "Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing" appears within the Vehicle Code, it shall refer to the Secretary of Transportation. Ca. Veh. Code § 1500 Amended by Stats 2013 ch 352 (AB 1317),s 517, eff. 9/26/2013, op. 7/1/2013.