Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Warth v. Seldin

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

Lamie v. U.S. Trustee

Holding that courts should not add an "absent word" to a statute

Connecticut Nat. Bank v. Germain

Holding that § 1292 applies also to bankruptcy jurisdiction and is not displaced by § 158(d)

Raines v. Byrd

Holding specifically and only that "individual members of Congress [lack] Article III standing"

Schaffer v. Weast

Holding that this is the default rule

Sierra Club v. Morton

Holding that plaintiff-organization did not establish Article III standing for injunctive relief where the organization failed to show that its members would be affected by the actions it sought to enjoin

Reno v. Koray

Holding that BOP program statements are entitled to "some deference" when they reflect a "permissible construction of the statute"

Bassett v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n

Holding that, on a motion to dismiss, a court “may consider the Complaint and any exhibits attached thereto, public records, items appearing in the record of the case and exhibits attached to defendant's motion to dismiss so long as they are referred to in the Complaint and are central to the claims contained therein”

Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.

Holding that a restriction on "speech result[ing] from an economic motive" is not "a mere commercial regulation"

Section 1681n - Civil liability for willful noncompliance

In §§1681n and 1681o, the Act authorizes consumer suits for money damages against "[a]ny person" who willfully or negligently fails to comply with this directive.

Section 1693m - Civil liability

Providing a good faith defense to claims related to consumer credit protection

Section 2710 - Wrongful disclosure of video tape rental or sale records

Prohibiting disclosure of "personally identifiable information concerning" consumer of video rental establishment without consent

Section 445.911 - Action by person for declaratory judgment, injunction, or actual damages; class action by person for actual damages; order; hearing; receiver; sequestration of assets; cost of notice; limitations

Limiting recovery to actual damages if the violation was a result of bona fide error

Section 445.1712 - Record or information concerning purchase, lease, rental, or borrowing of books or other written materials, sound recordings, or video recordings; disclosure of customer identification prohibited; exception

Section 445.257 - Action for damages or equitable relief; amount of recovery; civil fine; attorney's fees and court costs

Granting litigation costs as recoverable damages

Section 445.1711 - Definitions

Section 445.1715 - Civil action; damages

Section 55.263 - Definitions; A to I

Defining "acknowledgment"

Section 14.321 - Actions to obtain declaratory judgment or injunctions; action to recover actual damages; class action; appointing receiver or ordering sequestration of assets; cost of notice; limitation on damages resulting from bona fide error; statute of limitations; asserting defense or counterclaim

Permitting a declaratory judgment to be brought in Michigan state court