Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 252,709 times 279 Legal AnalysesHolding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 266,625 times 365 Legal AnalysesHolding 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' "
Warren General Hosp., v. Amgen Inc.
643 F.3d 77 (3d Cir. 2011) Cited 983 timesHolding that the indirect purchaser rule applies to prescription drug sales and noting that "[b]ecause of the complicated interplay between market forced, the possibility that the wholesaler was harmed by defendant's actions exists even if the majority of the injury is borne by the indirect purchaser"
Pearson v. Component Tech. Corp.
247 F.3d 471 (3d Cir. 2001) Cited 629 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that no person held a director or officer position both with CompTech and with GECC
Hickton v. Enter. Holdings, Inc. (In re Enter. Rent–A–Car Wage & Hour Emp't Practices Litig.)
683 F.3d 462 (3d Cir. 2012) Cited 212 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding an alleged employer must exercise "significant control" to be considered a joint employer under the FLSA
Chao v. A-One Med. Servs., Inc.
346 F.3d 908 (9th Cir. 2003) Cited 252 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that " federal court must give to a state court judgment the same preclusive effect as would the courts of the state in which it was rendered"
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Browning-Ferris Industries of Pennsylvania, Inc.
691 F.2d 1117 (3d Cir. 1982) Cited 333 times 16 Legal AnalysesHolding that joint employer situation exists only when "two or more employers exert significant control over the same employees . . . [where] they share or co-determine those matters governing essential terms and conditions of employment"
Solis v. A-1 Mortg. Corp.
934 F. Supp. 2d 778 (W.D. Pa. 2013) Cited 27 timesGranting Secretary's motion for summary judgment as to the individual liability as to business owner's spouse who exercised significant control over employees under all four Enterprise factors
Davis v. Abington Mem'l Hosp.
817 F. Supp. 2d 556 (E.D. Pa. 2011) Cited 23 timesGranting the defendants' motion to dismiss where the plaintiffs alleged that up to 218 separate entities were all "employers" under the FLSA, but failed to allege "to which of these 86 entities they reported each day; from whom they received their paycheck; information about who, specifically, set their rate of pay and other conditions of their employment; or who directly supervised their employment"
Attanasio v. Cmty. Health Sys., Inc.
863 F. Supp. 2d 417 (M.D. Pa. 2012) Cited 12 timesDenying an employer's motion to dismiss employees' FLSA claim, in which an employer argued that the activity at issue was not compensable under the Portal-to-Portal Act, and noting that whether the activity was "truly integral" to the principal activities for which the employees were hired "is a very difficult determination on the[] limited averments" in the complaint, and holding that "further factual development [was] warranted before it c[ould] be determined"
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 345,885 times 922 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 156,205 times 193 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."