30 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 252,784 times 279 Legal Analyses
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
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 266,697 times 365 Legal Analyses
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' "
Neitzke v. Williams
490 U.S. 319 (1989) Cited 55,792 times
Holding that "an in forma pauperis pro se complaint may only be dismissed as frivolous ... when the petitioner cannot make any claim with a rational or arguable basis in law or in fact"
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc.
528 U.S. 167 (2000) Cited 7,153 times 25 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiffs who curtailed their recreational activities on a river due to reasonable concerns about the effect of pollutant discharges into that river had standing
Los Angeles v. Lyons
461 U.S. 95 (1983) Cited 7,506 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding there is no justiciable controversy where plaintiff had once been subjected to a chokehold
Valley Forge College v. Americans United
454 U.S. 464 (1982) Cited 4,970 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that "the psychological consequence presumably produced by observation of conduct with which one disagrees ... is not an injury sufficient to confer standing under Art. III, even though the disagreement is phrased in constitutional terms"
O'Shea v. Littleton
414 U.S. 488 (1974) Cited 4,083 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[p]ast exposure to illegal conduct does not in itself show a present case or controversy regarding injunctive relief ... if unaccompanied by any continuing, present adverse effects"
Albino v. Baca
747 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir. 2014) Cited 3,675 times
Holding that the prisoner has the burden "to come forward with evidence showing that there is something in his particular case that made the existing and generally available administrative remedies effectively unavailable to him"
Murphy v. Hunt
455 U.S. 478 (1982) Cited 2,039 times
Holding that defendant's claim to pretrial bail became moot once he was convicted
United States Parole Comm'n v. Geraghty
445 U.S. 388 (1980) Cited 2,013 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding even a named plaintiff whose individual claims are moot retains a "personal stake" in representing the class jurisdictionally sufficient to appeal the denial of class certification
Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights
42 U.S.C. § 1983 Cited 486,959 times 689 Legal Analyses
Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

Hernandez et al v. County of Monterey et al

30 Cited authorities

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

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' "

Holding that "an in forma pauperis pro se complaint may only be dismissed as frivolous ... when the petitioner cannot make any claim with a rational or arguable basis in law or in fact"

Holding that plaintiffs who curtailed their recreational activities on a river due to reasonable concerns about the effect of pollutant discharges into that river had standing

Holding there is no justiciable controversy where plaintiff had once been subjected to a chokehold

Holding that "the psychological consequence presumably produced by observation of conduct with which one disagrees ... is not an injury sufficient to confer standing under Art. III, even though the disagreement is phrased in constitutional terms"

Holding that "[p]ast exposure to illegal conduct does not in itself show a present case or controversy regarding injunctive relief ... if unaccompanied by any continuing, present adverse effects"

Holding that the prisoner has the burden "to come forward with evidence showing that there is something in his particular case that made the existing and generally available administrative remedies effectively unavailable to him"

Holding that defendant's claim to pretrial bail became moot once he was convicted

Holding even a named plaintiff whose individual claims are moot retains a "personal stake" in representing the class jurisdictionally sufficient to appeal the denial of class certification

Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation