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

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding 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' "

Neitzke v. Williams

Holding that "an in forma pauperis pro se complaint may only be dismissed as frivolous ... when the petitioner cannot make any claim with a rational or arguable basis in law or in fact"

Phillips v. County of Allegheny

Holding that a district court need not permit a curative amendment if such amendment would be futile

Fowler v. UPMC Shadyside

Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion "in denying a motion for a class action determination which was untimely under the local rule"

Hospital Building Co. v. Trustees of Rex Hospital

Holding that a conspiracy against a North Carolina hospital had "a substantial effect on interstate commerce," and hence was covered by the Sherman Act, because it could, inter alia, reduce the hospital's purchases of out-of-state medicines and supplies

Board of Trustees v. Wettlin Assoc

Holding that a TPA was a fiduciary where the TPA "wrote checks and disbursed assets from the fund's bank account" and "was not required to seek approval from the [plan] [t]rustees in advance"

Badger v. Phila. Office of Prop. Assessment

Bishop v. Franchising

Affirming Bishop v. GNC Franchising LLC 403, F. Supp. 2d 411, 418-19 (W.D. Pa. 2005) and citing Witmer v. Exxon Corp., 434 A.2d 1222, 1226-27 (Pa. 1981)

Barbee v. Southeastern Pa. Transp. Auth

Holding that evidence of the plaintiff's involvement in at least 24 prior civil suits was properly admitted for impeachment purposes, given that he "was evasive about prior lawsuits in his deposition"

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

Section 12101 - Findings and purpose

Finding a pattern of " unnecessary discrimination and prejudice" that "costs the United States billions of dollars in unnecessary expenses resulting from dependency and nonproductivity"

Section 621 - Congressional statement of findings and purpose

Finding that "older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs"

Section 206 - Minimum wage

Asking only whether the alleged inequality resulted from “any other factor other than sex”

Section 2601 - Findings and purposes

Finding that there is inadequate job security for employees who have serious health conditions that prevent them from working for temporary periods