4 Cited authorities

  1. 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 361,663 times   960 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  2. Rule 4 - Summons

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 4   Cited 73,567 times   129 Legal Analyses
    Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time
  3. Section 547 - Duties

    28 U.S.C. § 547   Cited 442 times
    Granting United States attorneys the power to prosecute
  4. Section 517 - Interests of United States in pending suits

    28 U.S.C. § 517   Cited 392 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Providing that "[t]he Solicitor General, or any officer of the Department of Justice, may be sent by the Attorney General to any State or district in the United States to attend to the interests of the United States in a suit pending in a court of the United States . . . ."