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

H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.

Holding that the continuity prong can be met by showing that related predicate offenses continued over a substantial period of time or posed a threat of continuing activity

Sedima, S.P.R.L. v. Imrex Co.

Holding that the fact that a statute can be "applied in situations not expressly anticipated by Congress does not demonstrate ambiguity. It demonstrates breadth."

Boyle v. United States

Holding that a RICO enterprise "need not have a hierarchical structure or a 'chain of command'; decisions may be made on an ad hoc basis and by any number of methods — by majority vote, consensus, a show of strength, etc."

Reves v. Ernst Young

Holding that the defendant "participates" if he "directs" the pattern of racketeering activity

Norris v. Hearst Trust

Holding plaintiffs lacked standing because they were "neither consumers nor competitors in the market attempted to be constrained"

Guidry v. Bank of LaPlace

Holding that conclusory allegations and unwarranted deductions of fact are not admitted as true

Tel-Phonic Services, Inc. v. TBS Intern

Holding that an out-of-circuit pre-transfer decision dismissing some of the claims against the defendants is appealable to this Court after a district court in this circuit enters final judgment on the remaining claims

Hughes v. Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Finding the fact that the plaintiffs were not direct purchasers of defendant weighed “heavily against finding antitrust standing”

Abraham v. Singh

Holding that the plaintiffs had sufficiently pled "a continuity of racketeering activity, or its threat" when the defendants engaged in at least a two-year scheme involving repeated international travel to convince up to 200 or more victims to participate in a fraudulent scheme, emphasizing the finding that there were multiple victims and the criminal activity might have continued had the plaintiffs not filed the lawsuit

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

Rule 201 - Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts

Holding "[n]ormally, in deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, courts must limit their inquiry to the facts stated in the complaint and the documents either attached to or incorporated in the complaint. However, courts may also consider matters of which they may take judicial notice."

Section 1962 - Prohibited activities

Specifying prohibited activities

Section 1961 - Definitions

Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include

Section 1341 - Frauds and swindles

Relating to mail fraud

Section 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television

Barring fraudulent schemes "for obtaining money or property"

Section 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant

Defining "law enforcement officer" as "an officer or employee of the Federal Government "

Section 1513 - Retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant

Criminalizing retaliation for "providing to a law enforcement officer any truthful information relating to the commission ... of any Federal offense "

Section 23:967 - Employee protection from reprisal; prohibited practices; remedies