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JD Brothers LLC v. Liberty Asset Management Corporation et al

MOTION to Dismiss Strike Plaintiff's Complaint for Failure to State Claim and/or for More Defeinite Statement; Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support Thereof

104 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 251,437 times   279 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

  2. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

    511 U.S. 375 (1994)   Cited 18,872 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that absent a reservation of jurisdiction in the stipulated dismissal order, federal courts lack jurisdiction to consider enforcement of a settlement agreement

  3. Ebay Inc. v. Mercexchange, L. L. C.

    547 U.S. 388 (2006)   Cited 3,775 times   130 Legal Analyses
    Holding that traditional four-factor test applies to injunctions against patent infringement

  4. Mine Workers v. Gibbs

    383 U.S. 715 (1966)   Cited 17,734 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that supplemental jurisdiction is a "doctrine of discretion"

  5. United States v. Turkette

    452 U.S. 576 (1981)   Cited 2,714 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a RICO enterprise must exist "separate and apart" from the pattern of racketeering activity

  6. Navarro v. Block

    250 F.3d 729 (9th Cir. 2001)   Cited 5,521 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that dismissal is proper where there is "an absence of sufficient facts alleged to support a cognizable legal theory"

  7. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins

    304 U.S. 64 (1938)   Cited 20,353 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that state law governs substantive issues and federal law governs procedural issues

  8. Vess v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. USA

    317 F.3d 1097 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 4,190 times   3 Legal Analyses
    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

  9. Swartz v. KPMG LLP

    476 F.3d 756 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 2,853 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[t]o the extent Swartz seeks a declaration of defendants' liability for damages sought for his other causes of action,” claim must be dismissed as “merely duplicative”

  10. In re Silicon Graphics Inc.

    183 F.3d 970 (9th Cir. 1999)   Cited 1,408 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that stock sales of individual defendants are only indicative of scienter where they are "dramatically out of line with prior trading practices" (quoting In re Apple Computer Sec. Litig., 886 F.2d 1109, 1117 (9th Cir. 1989))

  11. 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 344,481 times   920 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 155,481 times   193 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  13. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 38,822 times   316 Legal Analyses
    Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

  14. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 17,790 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices

  15. Section 1962 - Prohibited activities

    18 U.S.C. § 1962   Cited 15,832 times   59 Legal Analyses
    Specifying prohibited activities

  16. Section 1961 - Definitions

    18 U.S.C. § 1961   Cited 14,910 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include

  17. Section 1341 - Frauds and swindles

    18 U.S.C. § 1341   Cited 13,374 times   102 Legal Analyses
    Relating to mail fraud

  18. Section 78j - Manipulative and deceptive devices

    15 U.S.C. § 78j   Cited 12,486 times   163 Legal Analyses
    Granting SEC power to establish rules to further statute forbidding manipulative or deceptive devices in connection with purchase or sale of securities

  19. Section 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television

    18 U.S.C. § 1343   Cited 11,883 times   167 Legal Analyses
    Barring fraudulent schemes "for obtaining money or property"

  20. Section 1964 - Civil remedies

    18 U.S.C. § 1964   Cited 6,074 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Granting civil remedies for RICO violation