Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that courts are not required "to credit a complaint's conclusory statements without reference to its factual context"

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding 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

Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

Holding that absent a reservation of jurisdiction in the stipulated dismissal order, federal courts lack jurisdiction to consider enforcement of a settlement agreement

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.

Holding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars "cases brought by state-court losers complaining of injuries caused by state-court judgments rendered before the district court proceedings commenced and inviting district court review and rejection of those judgments"

County of Sacramento v. Lewis

Holding that "only a purpose to cause harm unrelated to the legitimate object of arrest will satisfy the element of arbitrary conduct shocking to the conscience, necessary for a due process violation"

Moss v. U.S. Secret Service

Holding that the court lacked jurisdiction over the district court's deferral of the summary judgment motion

Sprewell v. Golden State Warriors

Holding that unwarranted inferences are insufficient to defeat a motion to dismiss

AE ex rel. Hernandez v. County of Tulare

Holding that a party forfeited an argument by failing to " 'specifically and distinctly' argue the issue in his opening brief" (quoting United States v. Ullah, 976 F.2d 509, 514 (9th Cir. 1992))

Noel v. Hall

Holding that Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars federal jurisdiction "when a plaintiff's suit in federal district court is at least in part a forbidden de facto appeal of a state court judgment, and an issue in that federal suit is 'inextricably intertwined' with an issue resolved by the state court judicial decision from which the forbidden de facto appeal is taken"

Snell v. Cleveland, Inc.

Holding that "a court may raise the question of subject matter jurisdiction, sua sponte, at any time during the pendency of the action"

Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

Holding 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

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

Rule 3.1202 - Contents of application