42 Cited authorities

Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins
578 U.S. 330 (2016) Cited 7,422 times 437 Legal Analyses
Holding that a statutory violation, without more, did not give rise to Article III standing
Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife
504 U.S. 555 (1992) Cited 27,868 times 138 Legal Analyses
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"
Warth v. Seldin
422 U.S. 490 (1975) Cited 11,877 times 14 Legal Analyses
Holding that Article III requires plaintiffs "to establish that, in fact, the asserted injury was the consequence of the defendants' actions"
Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency
549 U.S. 497 (2007) Cited 1,160 times 97 Legal Analyses
Holding that denials of petitions for rulemaking are judicially reviewable
Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman
455 U.S. 363 (1982) Cited 2,030 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding that an allegation in the complaint that the plaintiff organization "has had to devote significant resources to identify and counteract the defendant's" illegal practices was sufficient to confer standing to the organization in its own right at the pleading stage
Federal Election Comm'n v. Akins
524 U.S. 11 (1998) Cited 782 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that inability to procure information to which Congress has created a right in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 qualifies as concrete injury satisfying Article III's standing requirement
Public Citizen v. Department of Justice
491 U.S. 440 (1989) Cited 789 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiff advocacy organizations' inability to obtain information that Congress made subject to disclosure under the Federal Advisory Committee Act "constitutes a sufficiently distinct injury to provide standing to sue"
Mortensen v. First Federal Sav. and Loan Ass'n
549 F.2d 884 (3d Cir. 1977) Cited 3,776 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that dismissal under Rule 12(b) would be “unusual” when the facts necessary to succeed on the merits are at least in part the same as must be alleged or proven to withstand jurisdictional attacks
Petruska v. Gannon University
462 F.3d 294 (3d Cir. 2006) Cited 763 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that a negligent misrepresentation claim was unaffected by the ministerial exception because its resolution "does not turn on the lawfulness of the decision to restructure, but rather upon the truth or falsity of the assurances that she would be evaluated on her merits" and that the breach of contract claim could also move forward because enforcement "in no way constitutes a state-imposed limit upon a church's free exercise rights," although it would be subject to an evaluation of whether resolution "required inquiry into the church's ecclesiastical policy"
U.S. v. Shipbuilding
473 F.3d 506 (3d Cir. 2007) Cited 492 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that where "it would not have been futile to replead dismissed claims but those claims are nevertheless omitted from an amended pleading, the right to challenge the basis for dismissal on appeal is waived"
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 346,341 times 923 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Section 1692 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
15 U.S.C. § 1692 Cited 15,005 times 139 Legal Analyses
Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"
Section 1692e - False or misleading representations
15 U.S.C. § 1692e Cited 6,927 times 108 Legal Analyses
Prohibiting false representation of the "character, amount, or legal status of a debt"
Section 1692k - Civil liability
15 U.S.C. § 1692k Cited 6,115 times 65 Legal Analyses
Holding debt collectors civilly liable for illicit debt collection practices
Section 1692g - Validation of debts
15 U.S.C. § 1692g Cited 3,441 times 67 Legal Analyses
Setting forth requirements for disputing a debt

Kausar v. GC Services Limited Partnership

42 Cited authorities

Holding that a statutory violation, without more, did not give rise to Article III standing

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"

Holding that Article III requires plaintiffs "to establish that, in fact, the asserted injury was the consequence of the defendants' actions"

Holding that denials of petitions for rulemaking are judicially reviewable

Holding that an allegation in the complaint that the plaintiff organization "has had to devote significant resources to identify and counteract the defendant's" illegal practices was sufficient to confer standing to the organization in its own right at the pleading stage

Holding that inability to procure information to which Congress has created a right in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 qualifies as concrete injury satisfying Article III's standing requirement

Holding that plaintiff advocacy organizations' inability to obtain information that Congress made subject to disclosure under the Federal Advisory Committee Act "constitutes a sufficiently distinct injury to provide standing to sue"

Holding that dismissal under Rule 12(b) would be “unusual” when the facts necessary to succeed on the merits are at least in part the same as must be alleged or proven to withstand jurisdictional attacks

Holding that where "it would not have been futile to replead dismissed claims but those claims are nevertheless omitted from an amended pleading, the right to challenge the basis for dismissal on appeal is waived"

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"

Prohibiting false representation of the "character, amount, or legal status of a debt"

Holding debt collectors civilly liable for illicit debt collection practices

Setting forth requirements for disputing a debt