Lindh v. Murphy

Holding that the statutory language must be "so clear that it [can] sustain only one interpretation" favoring retroactivity

Fed. Deposit Ins. v. Meyer

Holding a Bivens claim does not lie against federal agencies because, if damages claims were permitted against federal agencies, "there would be no reason for aggrieved parties to bring damages actions against individual officers" and thus "the deterrent effects of the Bivens remedy would be lost"

Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr

Holding that the presence of a state-law damages remedy for violations of FDA requirements does not impose an additional requirement upon medical device manufacturers but "merely provides another reason for manufacturers to comply with . . . federal law"

Wyeth v. Levine

Holding that the FDA's drug labeling judgments pursuant to the FDCA did not obstacle preempt state law products liability claims

Kyllo v. United States

Holding that the use of a thermal imager to detect heat radiating from a home was a search

Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee

Holding that federal drug and medical device laws pre-empted a state tort-law claim based on failure to properly communicate with the FDA

Astoria Federal S. L. Ass'n. v. Solimino

Holding that where a plaintiff must exhaust state administrative proceedings to bring federal claims, the administrative adjudication lacks res judicata effect, as an exception to the default rule of administrative preclusion

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

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"

Johnson v. Riverside Healthcare

Holding that this court may affirm on the basis of any ground fairly supported by the record

Zucco Partners, LLC v. Digimarc Corp.

Holding that "[m]ere conclusory allegations" about the resignations of company executives did not, without more, give rise to a strong inference of scienter

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 17200 - Unfair competition defined

Prohibiting unlawful business practices

Section 2510 - Definitions

Defining "[i]nvestigative or law enforcement officer" as an officer "empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for [certain] offenses . . . and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses"

Section 2518 - Procedure for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications

Recognizing that some investigative techniques may be “too dangerous”

Section 2511 - Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited

Imposing a penalty on persons who “intentionally intercept ... any wire, oral, or electronic communication”

Section 2516 - Authorization for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications

Listing the executive officers who may authorize a wiretap application

Section 9.73.010 - Divulging telegram