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Hanson v. Pro Solutions

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27 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 266,796 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 279,848 times   369 Legal Analyses
    Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing

  3. Erickson v. Pardus

    551 U.S. 89 (2007)   Cited 65,237 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint must "give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon which it rests"

  4. Starr v. Baca

    652 F.3d 1202 (9th Cir. 2011)   Cited 5,596 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a series of investigative reports documenting systemic deficiencies in a jail put the defendant-supervisor on notice of the risk of the harm that befell the plaintiff

  5. Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.

    20 Cal.4th 163 (Cal. 1999)   Cited 2,481 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that for an act to be "unfair," it must "threaten" a violation of law or "violate the policy or spirit of one of those laws because its effects are comparable to or the same as a violation of the law"

  6. Bank of the West v. Superior Court

    2 Cal.4th 1254 (Cal. 1992)   Cited 1,406 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that policy terms must be read in their "ordinary and popular sense"

  7. Rubio v. Capital One Bank

    613 F.3d 1195 (9th Cir. 2010)   Cited 408 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that closing a credit card account and losing the credit extended by the bank and/or keeping an account open and accepting a higher APR would result in economic injury sufficient for UCL standing

  8. Berryman v. Merit Property Mgt.

    152 Cal.App.4th 1544 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007)   Cited 397 times
    Holding "[u]nder its 'unlawful' prong, the UCL borrows violations of other laws . . . and makes those unlawful practices actionable under the UCL"

  9. Linear Tech. v. Applied Materials

    152 Cal.App.4th 115 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007)   Cited 226 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding a corporate plaintiff "may not rely on the UCL" in a contract action where neither the general public or individual consumers are implicated

  10. MW Erectors, Inc. v. Niederhauser Ornamental & Metal Works Co., Inc.

    36 Cal.4th 412 (Cal. 2005)   Cited 236 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Listing elements

  11. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 163,896 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  12. Section 1692 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

    15 U.S.C. § 1692   Cited 15,261 times   143 Legal Analyses
    Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"

  13. Section 1692e - False or misleading representations

    15 U.S.C. § 1692e   Cited 7,048 times   110 Legal Analyses
    Banning "[t]he threat to take any action that cannot legally be taken or that is not intended to be taken"

  14. Section 1692a - Definitions

    15 U.S.C. § 1692a   Cited 6,334 times   83 Legal Analyses
    Defining debt collector

  15. Section 1692f - Unfair practices

    15 U.S.C. § 1692f   Cited 3,477 times   39 Legal Analyses
    Providing a non-exhaustive list of conduct that is unfair or unconscionable

  16. Section 2304 - Generally

    Cal. Civ. Code § 2304   Cited 28 times

    An agent may be authorized to do any acts which his principal might do, except those to which the latter is bound to give his personal attention. Ca. Civ. Code § 2304 Enacted 1872.