79 Cited authorities

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 266,697 times 365 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' "
Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
508 U.S. 49 (1993) Cited 1,132 times 42 Legal Analyses
Holding litigants immune from an antitrust claim under Noerr-Pennington immunity
Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp.
465 U.S. 752 (1984) Cited 1,184 times 19 Legal Analyses
Holding that a plaintiff in a vertical price-fixing case must produce evidence which "tends to exclude the possibility of independent action"
Sanjuan v. Amer. Bd. of Psychiatry Neurology
40 F.3d 247 (7th Cir. 1994) Cited 1,056 times
Holding plaintiff-psychiatrists' inability to charge higher fees because they failed an oral examination for board certification did not constitute an antitrust injury
Dalton v. Educ. Testing Serv
87 N.Y.2d 384 (N.Y. 1995) Cited 882 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that defendant testing service breached the implied covenant by ignoring evidence it invited the plaintiff to submit
U.S. v. Salameh
152 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 1998) Cited 795 times
Holding that photographs were properly admitted to establish relationship among conspirators
Anderson v. Branen
17 F.3d 552 (2d Cir. 1994) Cited 895 times
Holding that prison officials' Eighth Amendment duty to take reasonable measures to guarantee the safety of inmates in their custody includes a duty to protect inmates from harm threatened by other officers
Lawlor v. Nat'l Screen Serv.
349 U.S. 322 (1955) Cited 883 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that two suits were not "based on the same cause of action," because "[t]he conduct presently complained of was all subsequent to" the prior judgment and it "cannot be given the effect of extinguishing claims which did not even then exist and which could not possibly have been sued upon in the previous case"
Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Mullins
455 U.S. 72 (1982) Cited 354 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that, if a contract to contribute to union funds arose from an obligation that was illegal under the antitrust or labor laws, enforcing that contract would command unlawful conduct
VKK Corp. v. National Football League
244 F.3d 114 (2d Cir. 2001) Cited 301 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that district court abused its discretion by not permitting amendment to add party as a defendant
Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 Cited 90,557 times 91 Legal Analyses
Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint
Rule 51 - Instructions to the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error
Fed. R. Civ. P. 51 Cited 2,447 times 7 Legal Analyses
Recognizing exception to rule that error may be assigned to failure to give instruction only if party "properly requested it . . . and properly objected"

Madison Square Garden, L.P. v. National Hockey League et al

79 Cited authorities

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' "

Holding litigants immune from an antitrust claim under Noerr-Pennington immunity

Holding that a plaintiff in a vertical price-fixing case must produce evidence which "tends to exclude the possibility of independent action"

Holding plaintiff-psychiatrists' inability to charge higher fees because they failed an oral examination for board certification did not constitute an antitrust injury

Holding that defendant testing service breached the implied covenant by ignoring evidence it invited the plaintiff to submit

Holding that photographs were properly admitted to establish relationship among conspirators

Holding that prison officials' Eighth Amendment duty to take reasonable measures to guarantee the safety of inmates in their custody includes a duty to protect inmates from harm threatened by other officers

Holding that, if a contract to contribute to union funds arose from an obligation that was illegal under the antitrust or labor laws, enforcing that contract would command unlawful conduct

Holding that district court abused its discretion by not permitting amendment to add party as a defendant

Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint

Recognizing exception to rule that error may be assigned to failure to give instruction only if party "properly requested it . . . and properly objected"