42 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 249,650 times   279 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 263,703 times   364 Legal Analyses
    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' "
  3. Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. White

    548 U.S. 53 (2006)   Cited 11,162 times   101 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a jury could find a reassignment from a position with "an indication of prestige" to one involving less desirable responsibilities "would have been materially adverse to a reasonable employee"
  4. Faragher v. Boca Raton

    524 U.S. 775 (1998)   Cited 9,223 times   100 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, to be actionable, the alleged conduct "must be extreme" and "the sporadic use of abusive language, gender-related jokes, and occasional teasing" are not enough
  5. Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics

    563 U.S. 1 (2011)   Cited 618 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “the phrase ‘any complaint’ suggests a broad interpretation”
  6. Jackson v. Bellsouth Telecomms.

    372 F.3d 1250 (11th Cir. 2004)   Cited 1,762 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the same analysis applies to federal and Florida RICO claims
  7. Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola Co.

    578 F.3d 1252 (11th Cir. 2009)   Cited 1,137 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint fails to state a claim unless the well-pled factual allegations of the complaint nudge the claims across the line from conceivable to plausible
  8. Edwards v. Prime Inc.

    602 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 2010)   Cited 1,011 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that legal conclusions about hypothetical facts are dicta
  9. Bryant v. Jones

    575 F.3d 1281 (11th Cir. 2009)   Cited 908 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an argument under McDonnell Douglas was forfeited by failing to raise it in the district court
  10. Mendoza v. Borden, Inc.

    195 F.3d 1238 (11th Cir. 1999)   Cited 851 times
    Holding no sex-based hostile work environment where male supervisor told female employee he was "getting fired up"; rubbed his hip against employee's hip while smiling and touching her shoulder; twice made a sniffing sound while looking at employee's groin area and one instance of sniffing without looking at her groin; and constantly followed employee and stared at her in a very obvious manner
  11. 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 342,514 times   917 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Section 1981 - Equal rights under the law

    42 U.S.C. § 1981   Cited 37,644 times   234 Legal Analyses
    Granting equal rights to "make and enforce contracts" without regard to race
  13. Section 203 - Definitions

    29 U.S.C. § 203   Cited 6,726 times   273 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing that "custom or practice" under a collective-bargaining agreement can make changing clothes noncompensable
  14. Section 760.01 - Purposes; construction; title

    Fla. Stat. § 760.01   Cited 445 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Stating the legislative intent is "to secure for all individuals within the state freedom from discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status"
  15. Section 760.11 - Administrative and civil remedies; construction

    Fla. Stat. § 760.11   Cited 354 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Providing that the attorney's fees provision should be interpreted in a manner consistent with federal case law involving Title VII
  16. Section 92.525 - Verification of documents; perjury by false written declaration, penalty

    Fla. Stat. § 92.525   Cited 83 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Providing that when a document must be verified by law, such verification generally may be accomplished by either notarization or by the signing of the following written declaration: "Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read the foregoing [document] and that the facts stated in it are true" (alteration in original)