Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 268,736 times 281 Legal AnalysesHolding that courts are not required "to credit a complaint's conclusory statements without reference to its factual context"
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 281,664 times 369 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
Brinker Rest. Corp. v. Superior Court of San Diego Cnty.
53 Cal.4th 1004 (Cal. 2012) Cited 829 times 83 Legal AnalysesHolding the employer is required to provide a meal period to employees, but "is not obligated to police meal breaks and ensure no work thereafter is performed"
Guerrero v. Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc.
231 F. Supp. 3d 797 (E.D. Cal. 2017) Cited 18 timesHolding that section 226.7 wages do not constitute restitution recoverable under the UCL
Diunugala v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
81 F. Supp. 3d 969 (S.D. Cal. 2015) Cited 6 timesDismissing plaintiff's claim for negligence because “[p]laintiff did not allege specific mishandling of [p]laintiff's documents after an agreement to consider [p]laintiff's modification application”
Gonzalez v. Fallanghina, LLC
Case No. 16-cv-01832-MEJ (N.D. Cal. Jul. 22, 2016) Cited 2 timesCase No. 16-cv-01832-MEJ 07-22-2016 JOSE GONZALEZ, Plaintiff, v. FALLANGHINA, LLC, et al., Defendants. MARIA-ELENA JAMES United States Magistrate Judge ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND Re: Dkt. No. 25 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Jose Gonzalez ("Plaintiff") filed this action on behalf of himself and others similarly situated against Defendants Fallanghina LLC ("Fallanghina"), Longbranch Berkeley LLC ("Longbranch"), Hal Brandel, and Walter Wright (collectively "Defendants"), alleging
Irigaray Dairy v. Dairy Emps. Union Local No. 17 Christian Labor Ass'n of U.S. Pension Trust
43 F. Supp. 3d 1080 (E.D. Cal. 2014) Cited 2 timesNo. 1:13–cv–1112 AWI MJS. 09-02-2014 IRIGARAY DAIRY, Charles Van Der Kooi Dairy, Henry Jongsma & Son Dairy, and Cow–West North Star Dairy, Plaintiffs, v. DAIRY EMPLOYEES UNION LOCAL NO. 17 CHRISTIAN LABOR ASSOCIATION OF the UNITED STATE of America PENSION TRUST, and Board of Trustees of the Dairy Employees Union Local No. 17 Christian Labor Association of the United States of America Pension Trust, Defendants. Howard A. Sagaser, Ian Blade Wieland, Sagaser & Associates, Fresno, CA, for Plaintiffs
Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights
42 U.S.C. § 1983 Cited 508,862 times 710 Legal AnalysesHolding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
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 363,621 times 963 Legal AnalysesGranting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 164,969 times 197 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 Cited 18,489 times 318 Legal AnalysesProhibiting unlawful business practices
Section 226 - Itemized statement of wages
Cal. Lab. Code § 226 Cited 2,372 times 127 Legal AnalysesProviding only statutory penalties
Section 512 - Meal periods
Cal. Lab. Code § 512 Cited 1,221 times 33 Legal AnalysesImposing these same meal break rules for all employees unless otherwise exempted
Section 11090 - Order Regulating Wages, Hours, and Working Conditions in the Transportation Industry
Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8 § 11090 Cited 201 times 5 Legal AnalysesProviding employee "shall not be employed more than eight hours in any workday or more than 40 hours in any workweek unless" employee is paid overtime