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McRee v. Goldman et al

MOTION to Dismiss

50 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 255,314 times   280 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. U.S. v. Morrison

    529 U.S. 598 (2000)   Cited 1,271 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Congress exceeded its interstate commerce powers in enacting a civil remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence

  3. Linda R. S. v. Richard D

    410 U.S. 614 (1973)   Cited 3,606 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a mother lacked standing to seek an injunction to force the prosecution of her child’s father for failing to pay child support, reasoning that because prosecution would result only in the father being jailed, it was overly "speculative" whether an injunction would result in future child support payments

  4. Vess v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. USA

    317 F.3d 1097 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 4,229 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Rule 9(b) pleading standards apply to California CLRA, FAL, and UCL claims because, though fraud is not an essential element of those statutes, a plaintiff alleges a fraudulent course of conduct as the basis of those claims

  5. Cafasso v. General Dynamics C4 Systems

    637 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir. 2011)   Cited 2,526 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding a complaint failed to satisfy Rule 9(b) where the allegations were lacking in detail

  6. McHenry v. Renne

    84 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 4,286 times
    Holding that a pleading that is "argumentative, prolix, replete with redundancy," and does not state "who is being sued, for what relief, and on what theory, with enough detail to guide discovery" must be dismissed

  7. Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

    29 Cal.4th 1134 (Cal. 2003)   Cited 1,661 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiff cannot recover damages under Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200 unless plaintiff has "an ownership interest in the money it seeks to recover"

  8. Fantasy, Inc. v. Fogerty

    984 F.2d 1524 (9th Cir. 1993)   Cited 1,366 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the district court properly struck lengthy, stale and previously litigated factual allegations to streamline the action

  9. Shelley v. Kraemer

    334 U.S. 1 (1948)   Cited 1,678 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a state court injunction to enforce a racially restrictive covenant against parties who did not wish to discriminate is state action

  10. Concha v. London

    62 F.3d 1493 (9th Cir. 1995)   Cited 881 times
    Holding that Rule 9(b) does not apply to ERISA fiduciary-duty claims

  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 348,617 times   930 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 157,673 times   196 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  13. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 39,122 times   321 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

  14. Section 2 - Principals

    18 U.S.C. § 2   Cited 23,936 times   57 Legal Analyses
    Holding aiders and abettors punishable as principals under federal criminal law

  15. Section 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

    18 U.S.C. § 371   Cited 21,545 times   140 Legal Analyses
    Requiring proof of an "act to effect the object of the conspiracy"

  16. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 17,937 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices

  17. Section 1341 - Frauds and swindles

    18 U.S.C. § 1341   Cited 13,448 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Relating to mail fraud

  18. Rule 25 - Substitution of Parties

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 25   Cited 10,806 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Providing for the automatic substitution at the district-court level of public officers sued in their official capacities

  19. Section 1001 - Statements or entries generally

    18 U.S.C. § 1001   Cited 7,367 times   304 Legal Analyses
    Making false statements

  20. Section 271 - Infringement of patent

    35 U.S.C. § 271   Cited 6,067 times   1055 Legal Analyses
    Holding that testing is a "use"