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

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

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' "

Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio

Holding that, on summary judgment, antitrust plaintiffs "must show that the inference of conspiracy is reasonable in light of the competing inferences of independent action or collusive action that could not have harmed" them

Associated General Contractors v. Carpenters

Holding that a union lacked standing to sue for injuries passed on to it by intermediaries

Sprewell v. Golden State Warriors

Holding that unwarranted inferences are insufficient to defeat a motion to dismiss

Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc.

Holding that mere economic loss does not amount to an antitrust injury under the antitrust laws

Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Holding that plaintiff cannot recover damages under Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200 unless plaintiff has "an ownership interest in the money it seeks to recover"

Cargill, Inc. v. Monfort of Colorado, Inc.

Holding that a Clayton Act plaintiff "must show a threat of antitrust injury" to warrant injunctive relief

Blue Shield of Virginia v. McCready

Holding that plaintiff had suffered antitrust injury because although she was not a competitor or customer of defendants, her injury was "inextricably intertwined" with the injury defendants sought to inflict on their target market

Aryeh v. Canon Business Solutions, Inc.

Holding that "[i]nterpretations of federal antitrust law are at most instructive, not conclusive, when construing the Cartwright Act, given that the Cartwright Act was modeled not on federal antitrust statutes but instead on statutes enacted by California's sister states around the turn of the 20th century."

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

Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

Prohibiting unlawful business practices

Section 15 - Suits by persons injured

Granting private right of action to anyone who has been injured "by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws ..."

Section 26 - Injunctive relief for private parties; exception; costs

Authorizing injunctive relief against "threatened loss or damage by a violation of the antitrust laws"

Section 17203 - Injunctive relief

Requiring that an individual plead that she lost "money or property" because of the alleged deceptive conduct

Section 15b - Limitation of actions

Establishing a four-year limitations period for antitrust claims

Section 17208 - Statute of limitations

Governing UCL claims

Section 16720 - Trust

Prohibiting any combination to prevent competition in the "sale or purchase of any commodity"

Section 19 - Interlocking directorates and officers

Interlocking directorates

Section 16750.1 - Statute of limitations