Kontrick v. Ryan

Holding that time limit for objection in bankruptcy proceedings is not jurisdictional but instead a claim-processing rule

Ramming v. U.S.

Holding that a court ruling on a Rule 12(b) motion may evaluate “ the complaint alone, the complaint supplemented by undisputed facts evidenced in the record, or the complaint supplemented by undisputed facts plus the court's resolution of disputed facts”

Bush v. Lucas

Holding that a federal employee demoted for exercising his First Amendment rights did not have a Bivens claim

United States v. Fausto

Holding that "the Claims Court (and any other court relying on Tucker Act jurisdiction) is not an ‘appropriate authority’ to review an agency's personnel determination" under the Back Pay Act

McDonal v. Abbott Laboratories

Holding that claims against vaccine manufacturers were subject to the Vaccine Act but claims against Thimerosal manufacturers were not; therefore, the cause was properly removed based on a fraudulent joinder theory

Coury v. Prot

Holding that a state's citizens are citizens of the United States domiciled in that state

Barrera-Montenegro v. U.S.

Holding that, in ruling on a 12(b) motion, the court may examine evidence outside the pleadings

Hitt v. City of Pasadena

Holding that where there are grounds for dismissal under Rule 12(b) for lack of jurisdiction and under Rule 12(b) for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted, the "court should dismiss only on the jurisdictional ground . . . without reaching the question of failure to state a claim"

Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap As v. HeereMac Vof

Holding that a foreign plaintiff injured in a foreign marketplace must show that a substantial domestic effect on United State commerce "gives rise" to its antitrust claim

Rivera v. U.S.

Holding that "courts lack subject matter jurisdiction to hear constitutional damage claims against the United States, because the United States has not waived sovereign immunity with respect to such claims."

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 2671 - Definitions

Defining "[e]mployee of the government" for purposes of the FTCA as "officers or employees of any federal agency "

Section 2302 - Prohibited personnel practices

Protecting the disclosure of "any violation of any law, rule, or regulation ... if such disclosure is not specifically prohibited by law"

Section 1101 - Office of Personnel Management

Section 2301 - Merit system principles

Stating that federal employees "should receive fair and equitable treatment in all aspects of personnel management"