Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 266,110 times 364 Legal AnalysesHolding 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' "
Swartz v. KPMG LLP
476 F.3d 756 (9th Cir. 2007) Cited 2,858 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that “[t]o the extent Swartz seeks a declaration of defendants' liability for damages sought for his other causes of action,” claim must be dismissed as “merely duplicative”
Goshen v. Mut. Life Ins. Co. of New York
98 N.Y.2d 314 (N.Y. 2002) Cited 3,363 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that disclaimers "do not establish a defense as a matter of law"
Crown, Cork Seal Co. v. Parker
462 U.S. 345 (1983) Cited 1,103 times 54 Legal AnalysesHolding that the commencement of a class action suspends the applicable statute of limitations for all asserted members of the putative class until a class certification decision is made
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague
449 U.S. 302 (1981) Cited 549 timesHolding that a Minnesota court may apply Minnesota rule permitting “stacking” of motorcycle insurance policies because plaintiff now lived in Minnesota and her deceased spouse had worked in Minnesota, even though plaintiff had lived in Wisconsin at the time of the accident, and even though decedent had lived in Wisconsin, had taken out the insurance policies in Wisconsin, and had been killed in Wisconsin
Chardon v. Fumero Soto
462 U.S. 650 (1983) Cited 240 timesUpholding a similar Puerto Rico statute as an acceptable substitute for American Pipe tolling
Danjaq LLC v. Sony Corp.
263 F.3d 942 (9th Cir. 2001) Cited 357 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that the record supported a finding of economic prejudice where there was "uncontested evidence" that the defendant invested a billion dollars in developing, producing, and marketing the James Bond films
Jarrow Formulas, Inc. v. Nutrition Now, Inc.
304 F.3d 829 (9th Cir. 2002) Cited 345 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that after a finding of unreasonable delay, laches would not apply unless defendant also demonstrated prejudice
Grimmett v. Brown
75 F.3d 506 (9th Cir. 1996) Cited 362 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding “error to equate” a situation where “the injury is speculative because it is not known whether it will occur at all” to a situation where “the injury has occurred and is known, but it is speculative whether the damages might be reduced or even eliminated by alternative recovery efforts”
Boone v. Citigroup, Inc.
416 F.3d 382 (5th Cir. 2005) Cited 249 timesHolding that the “joinder of the non-diverse appellees was improper” because plaintiff's claims “against the non-diverse appellees [we]re conclusively barred by the residual statute of limitations”
Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 Cited 90,373 times 91 Legal AnalysesFinding 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 9 - Pleading Special Matters
Fed. R. Civ. P. 9 Cited 38,877 times 316 Legal AnalysesPermitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"
Section 16 - Judgments
15 U.S.C. § 16 Cited 711 times 11 Legal AnalysesTolling the clock on private antitrust suits "during the pendency" of related suits by the federal government and "for one year thereafter"