14 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 252,784 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. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 266,697 times   365 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "
  3. Neitzke v. Williams

    490 U.S. 319 (1989)   Cited 55,792 times
    Holding that "an in forma pauperis pro se complaint may only be dismissed as frivolous ... when the petitioner cannot make any claim with a rational or arguable basis in law or in fact"
  4. American Pipe Construction Co. v. Utah

    414 U.S. 538 (1974)   Cited 2,115 times   162 Legal Analyses
    Holding the commencement of a class action "suspends the applicable statute of limitations as to all asserted members of the class who would have been parties had the suit been permitted to continue as a class action"
  5. Crown, Cork Seal Co. v. Parker

    462 U.S. 345 (1983)   Cited 1,104 times   54 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the commencement of a class action suspends the applicable statute of limitations for all asserted members of the putative class until a class certification decision is made
  6. Hallinan v. Frat. Order of Police of Chicago

    570 F.3d 811 (7th Cir. 2009)   Cited 1,228 times
    Holding that even where state employer forces government employees to associate with a union “does not consequently make every union activity so imbued with governmental action that it can be subjected to constitutional restraints”
  7. Strand v. Corinthian Colls., Inc.

    File No. 1:13-CV-1235 (W.D. Mich. Apr. 17, 2014)   Cited 13 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Requiring the plaintiff to plead her cellular telephone number in a TCPA claim
  8. Finwall v. City of Chicago

    No. 04 CV 4663 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 16, 2007)   Cited 1 times

    No. 04 CV 4663. August 16, 2007 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER BLANCHE MANNING, District Judge Plaintiff Timothy Finwall was arrested for the attempted abduction of two young girls. He was tried in state court and acquitted. After his acquittal, he sued the City of Chicago, two Chicago police detectives (defendants Martin Garcia and Dion Boyd), and the mother of one of the purported victims, alleging that they violated various constitutional rights by, in essence, setting him up. The defendants moved for summary

  9. 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 345,981 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  10. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 156,250 times   193 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  11. Section 1692k - Civil liability

    15 U.S.C. § 1692k   Cited 6,112 times   65 Legal Analyses
    Holding debt collectors civilly liable for illicit debt collection practices
  12. Section 227 - Restrictions on use of telephone equipment

    47 U.S.C. § 227   Cited 5,664 times   733 Legal Analyses
    Granting exclusive jurisdiction to federal courts over actions brought by state attorney generals
  13. Section 1692f - Unfair practices

    15 U.S.C. § 1692f   Cited 3,398 times   35 Legal Analyses
    Providing a non-exhaustive list of conduct that is unfair or unconscionable
  14. Section 1693o-2 - Reasonable fees and rules for payment card transactions

    15 U.S.C. § 1693o-2   Cited 6 times   7 Legal Analyses

    (a) Reasonable interchange transaction fees for electronic debit transactions (1) Regulatory authority over interchange transaction fees The Board may prescribe regulations, pursuant to section 553 of title 5, regarding any interchange transaction fee that an issuer may receive or charge with respect to an electronic debit transaction, to implement this subsection (including related definitions), and to prevent circumvention or evasion of this subsection. (2) Reasonable interchange transaction fees