26 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 263,882 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 277,112 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. Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. Seb S. A.

    563 U.S. 754 (2011)   Cited 830 times   66 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a finding of deliberate ignorance requires the defendant to "take deliberate actions to avoid learning of [wrongdoing]."
  4. Dougherty v. Town of N. Hempstead Bd. of Zoning

    282 F.3d 83 (2d Cir. 2002)   Cited 1,126 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because "Dougherty [n]either sought, [n]or was denied, a variance," he "has not received a final decision under Williamson"
  5. R+L Carriers, Inc. v. Drivertech LLC (In re Bill of Lading Transmission & Processing Sys. Patent Litig.)

    681 F.3d 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2012)   Cited 675 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that pleading "the process for" using the accused product in an infringing way "has no other substantial non-infringing use" is not the same as pleading the accused product contains a component that can only infringe, and therefore fails to state a claim for contributory infringement
  6. Iodice v. U.S.

    289 F.3d 270 (4th Cir. 2002)   Cited 926 times
    Holding that the Hart court "refused to base its decision on [North Carolina's Dram Shop] statute" and instead "relied on the common law duty" to act as a reasonably prudent person
  7. Kyocera Wireless v. I.T.C

    545 F.3d 1340 (Fed. Cir. 2008)   Cited 118 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Finding public accessibility when the reference was contained in a book sold to the public
  8. Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc.

    720 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2013)   Cited 56 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Upholding district court's refusal to limit the claim term “short-range communication protocols” to those listed in the patent
  9. Backus v. Cox

    Civil Action No.: 4:13-cv-00881-RBH (D.S.C. Oct. 18, 2013)   Cited 22 times

    Civil Action No.: 4:13-cv-00881-RBH 2013-10-18 Joseph Elijah Backus, III, Plaintiff, v. Dt. Russell Cox; The State of South Carolina, Florence County, Defendants. R. Bryan Harwell ORDER Plaintiff Joseph Elijah Backus, III, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this action alleging that the above-captioned Defendants committed breach of trust, obtained documentation under false pretenses, obtained goods and services under false pretenses, breached a contract, and used illegal investigative practices

  10. Beck v. City of Durham

    129 F. Supp. 2d 844 (M.D.N.C. 2000)   Cited 33 times
    Holding that a plaintiff cannot create additional claims in his response to a defendant's motion to dismiss
  11. Section 636 - Jurisdiction, powers, and temporary assignment

    28 U.S.C. § 636   Cited 519,732 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when a party fails to object to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, our review of the district court's resulting decision is for plain error so long as the party "has been served with notice that [this consequence] will result from a failure to object"
  12. Rule 72 - Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 72   Cited 175,049 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Granting a party fourteen days to object to a Magistrate Judge's non-dispositive order
  13. Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 5   Cited 23,110 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Providing for service via CM/ECF Systems
  14. Section 271 - Infringement of patent

    35 U.S.C. § 271   Cited 6,144 times   1082 Legal Analyses
    Holding that testing is a "use"