Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife

Holding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"

Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

Holding that absent a reservation of jurisdiction in the stipulated dismissal order, federal courts lack jurisdiction to consider enforcement of a settlement agreement

Conley v. Gibson

Holding that "a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief"

Valley Forge College v. Americans United

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"

Christianson v. Colt Indus. Operating Corp.

Holding that the appeal belonged before the regional circuit because the claims did not arise under patent law

FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas

Holding that the burden is on the plaintiff to allege facts sufficient to establish jurisdiction (quoting McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp., 298 U.S. 178, 189 (1936))

Baker v. Carr

Holding that the plaintiffs had standing to challenge Tennessee's apportionment of state representatives when that apportionment "effect[ed] a gross disproportion of representation to voting population"

Browning v. Clinton

Holding that when a tortious interference claim is based solely on allegedly defamatory remarks, it is "intertwined" with plaintiff's defamation claim and therefore subject to the same one-year statute of limitations

Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Haworth

Holding that a request for a declaratory judgment regarding an insured's disability was justiciable

E.E.O.C. v. St. Francis Xavier Parochial

Holding that question of whether defendant was a covered entity under ADA is not jurisdictional, but merits related

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 1332 - Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs

Holding district court has jurisdiction over action between diverse citizens "where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000"

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

Section 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty

Prohibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"

Section 1338 - Patents, plant variety protection, copyrights, mask works, designs, trademarks, and unfair competition

Granting exclusive jurisdiction to the district courts "of any civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents, . . . copyrights and trademarks"

Section 12-301 - Limitation of time for bringing actions

Imposing a three-year statute of limitations on actions "for the recovery of personal property"

Section 100 - Definitions

Defining a " ‘joint research agreement’ " as a written agreement between "2 or more persons or entities"

Section 135 - Derivation proceedings

Governing interferences

Section 293 - Nonresident patentee; service and notice

Vesting exclusive jurisdiction over foreign patentees in the Eastern District of Virginia

Section 291 - Derived patents