Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 252,784 times 279 Legal AnalysesHolding 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 AnalysesHolding 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' "
Thompson v. Real Estate Mortg. Network
748 F.3d 142 (3d Cir. 2014) Cited 503 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that the district court may have been "correct" in not finding a "joint employment" relationship "if one considers only the name of the payor appearing on [plaintiff]'s pay stubs. But [plaintiff] alleges more. The Amended Complaint states that an employee of [defendant] conducted Thompson's training . . . indicating that [defendant] had at least some authority to 'promulgate work rules and assignments'"
Henry v. Farmer City State Bank
808 F.2d 1228 (7th Cir. 1986) Cited 486 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that a sheriff who was acting pursuant to an official court order to enforce a validly entered judgment was entitled to quasi-judicial immunity
Haybarger v. Lawrence Cty. Adult Prob. & Parole
667 F.3d 408 (3d Cir. 2012) Cited 217 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding supervisor was FMLA employer because "but for the substantial authority wielded by [the supervisor], [the employer] would not have exercised his ultimate authority to fire [the employee]"
Hickton v. Enter. Holdings, Inc. (In re Enter. Rent–A–Car Wage & Hour Emp't Practices Litig.)
683 F.3d 462 (3d Cir. 2012) Cited 212 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding an alleged employer must exercise "significant control" to be considered a joint employer under the FLSA
Walton v. Eaton Corp.
563 F.2d 66 (3d Cir. 1977) Cited 526 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding a plaintiff has "no right to maintain two separate actions involving the same subject matter at the same time in the same court and against the same defendant"
Davis v. Sun Oil Company
148 F.3d 606 (6th Cir. 1998) Cited 104 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that federal courts do not have exclusive jurisdiction over RCRA citizen suits
Tracy v. NVR, Inc.
667 F. Supp. 2d 244 (W.D.N.Y. 2009) Cited 40 timesFinding that "mere boilerplate allegations that an individual meets the various prongs of the economic reality test stated solely upon information and belief and without any supporting details—essentially ‘a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action’—are insufficient to raise plaintiffs' right to relief ‘above a speculative level’ with respect to that individual's liability as an employer under the FLSA" (quoting Twombly , 550 U.S. at 555, 127 S.Ct. 1955 )
Sensormatic Security Corp. v. Sensormatic Electronics Corp.
329 F. Supp. 2d 574 (D. Md. 2004) Cited 46 timesDenying a motion to dismiss with respect to portion of the action that did not constitute claim-splitting, therefore allowing the second action to proceed
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 345,981 times 922 Legal AnalysesGranting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 Cited 90,557 times 91 Legal AnalysesFinding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint