Colorado River Water Cons. Dist. v. U.S.

Holding that, in limited circumstances, federal courts should abstain from deciding a case when there are related proceedings pending in state court

Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.

Holding extraterritorial application of a statute is a merits question, not a question of subject matter jurisdiction

Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno

Holding that potential change in law cannot, by itself, fend off dismissal under forum non conveniens absent showing that new law is "clearly inadequate or unsatisfactory"

Lee v. City of L.A.

Holding that the district court erred in granting a motion to dismiss "by relying on extrinsic evidence and by taking judicial notice of disputed matters of fact to support its ruling"

Ernst Ernst v. Hochfelder

Holding that Section 9(f) “contains a state-of-mind condition requiring something more than negligence”

TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc.

Holding that materiality may be resolved at summary judgment "if the established omissions are so obviously important to an investor that reasonable minds cannot differ on the question of materiality"

Pinker v. Roche Holdings Ltd.

Holding that in ruling on a Rule 12(b) motion we must accept all of the plaintiff's allegations as true and construct disputed facts in favor of the plaintiff.

Securities v. Zandford

Holding that the SEC may bring a public enforcement action against a broker who accepted payment for securities that he never delivered

Dole Food Co. v. Watts

Holding that because purposeful direction was established, it was "obvious" that the second prong of the minimum contacts test was also satisfied

Laub v. United States Department of the Interior

Holding that party seeking discovery must show that denial resulted in prejudice

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 1332 - Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs

Holding district court has jurisdiction over action between diverse citizens "where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000"

Section 1367 - Supplemental jurisdiction

Holding that in civil actions proceeding in federal court based solely on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the district court "shall not have supplemental jurisdiction" over "claims by plaintiffs against persons made parties under Rule . . . 24" or "over claims by persons . . seeking to intervene as plaintiffs under Rule 24," if "exercising supplemental jurisdiction over such claims would be inconsistent with the jurisdictional requirements of section 1332"

Section 1404 - Change of venue

Granting Class Plaintiffs' motion to transfer action in order to "facilitate a unified settlement approval process together with the class action cases in" In re Amex ASR

Section 78c - Definitions and application

Exempting certain "note" with maturities of less than nine months from the definition of "security" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Rule 706 - Court-Appointed Expert Witnesses

Permitting the court to appoint its own expert witness

Rule 44.1 - Determining Foreign Law

Noting the court's determination of foreign law is treated as a question of law

Section 78f - National securities exchanges

Requiring that exchanges register with the SEC and comply with various requirements to constitute a “national securities exchange”

Section 240.12g3-2 - Exemptions for American depositary receipts and certain foreign securities

Requiring foreign issuers to furnish the SEC with shareholder communications and other materials as are required to be prepared pursuant to home market regulations in order to maintain exemption from the reporting requirements applicable to American companies

Section 239.36 - Form F-6, for registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of depositary shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts