Empire Healthchoice v. McVeigh

Holding that the federal government's "overwhelming interest in attracting able workers to the federal workforce" and "in the health and welfare of the federal workers upon whom it relies to carry out its functions" was insufficient to transform a "state-court-initiated tort litigation" into a "federal case"

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"

New Orleans Pub. Serv., Inc. v. New Orleans

Holding that Burford abstention is not appropriate where the plaintiff's claim "does not involve a state-law claim," and rejecting the Fifth Circuit's declaration that "`the absence of a state law claim [is] not fatal'" to the application of Burford abstention

Eminence Capital, LLC v. Aspeon, Inc.

Holding that the district court abused its discretion because "[d]ismissal with prejudice and without leave to amend is not appropriate unless it is clear on de novo review that the complaint could not be saved by amendment"

Vess v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. USA

Holding that the Rule 9(b) pleading standards apply to California CLRA, FAL, and UCL claims because, though fraud is not an essential element of those statutes, a plaintiff alleges a fraudulent course of conduct as the basis of those claims

English v. General Electric Co.

Holding that a tort arising from whistleblower retaliation at a nuclear facility was insufficiently related to radiological safety aspects in the facility's operation

Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.

Holding that where evidence in a civil trial does not suffice to support a jury verdict for plaintiff under a properly formulated defense, judgment may be entered for defendant on appeal despite the fact that defendant did not object to jury instructions "that expressed the defense differently, and in a fashion that would support a verdict"

Bates v. Dow Agrosciences LLC

Holding that a preemption clause barring state laws "in addition to or different" from a federal Act does not interfere with an "equivalent" state provision

Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.

Holding that state award of punitive damages to person injured in nuclear incident did not conflict with federal remedial scheme regulating safety aspects of nuclear energy

Tex. Indus., Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc.

Holding no right of contribution under Clayton and Sherman Acts

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

Finding 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

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

Section 1442 - Federal officers or agencies sued or prosecuted

Granting removal power to "[a]ny officer of the United States . . . or person acting under him"

Section 2701 - Unlawful access to stored communications

Holding liable any person who "intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided ... and thereby obtains, alters, or prevents authorized access to a wire or electronic communication while it is in electronic storage"

Section 1

Providing "[a]ll people are by nature free and independent and have inalienable rights," including the right of "privacy"

Section 1801 - Definitions

Explaining that lawful permanent residents are included in "United States persons"

Section 1806 - Use of information

Allowing in camera , ex parte review of the legality of electronic surveillance under FISA Subchapter I if "the Attorney General files an affidavit under oath that disclosure or an adversary hearing would harm the national security of the United States"

Section 2A:156A-1 - Short title

Section 10-402 - Interception of communications generally; divulging contents of communications; violations of subtitle

Authorizing judges to issue ex parte orders to intercept wire communications