Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

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' "

Faragher v. Boca Raton

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

Associated General Contractors v. Carpenters

Holding that a union lacked standing to sue for injuries passed on to it by intermediaries

Moss v. U.S. Secret Service

Holding that the court lacked jurisdiction over the district court's deferral of the summary judgment motion

Raytheon Co. v. Hernandez

Holding that a neutral employment policy meets the employer's obligation at step two

Johnson v. Riverside Healthcare

Holding that this court may affirm on the basis of any ground fairly supported by the record

Yanowitz v. L'Oreal USA Inc.

Holding that to establish a "protected activity," an "employee's communications to the employer [must] sufficiently convey the employee's reasonable concerns that the employer has acted or is acting in an unlawful discriminatory manner."

Savage v. Glendale Union High School

Finding that Arizona school district with a substantial degree of autonomy did not perform a central government function, even though Arizona's Constitution mandated that its legislature “provide for the establishment and maintenance of a ... public school system” (quoting Ariz. Const. art. XI, § I.A)

Fantasy, Inc. v. Fogerty

Holding that the district court properly struck lengthy, stale and previously litigated factual allegations to streamline the action

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 1746 - Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury

Permitting the use of declarations instead

Section 1337 - Commerce and antitrust regulations; amount in controversy, costs

Granting jurisdiction for claims arising under statutes regulating interstate commerce

Section 3294 - When damages recoverable for sake of example and by way of punishment; employer liability for acts of employee; death from homicide

Stating plaintiff may recover punitive damages "in addition to the actual damages"

Section 12900 - Short title

Section 340 - Penalty or forfeiture; libel, slander, false imprisonment, seduction, payment on forged check, neglect of animal; officer seizing property; good faith improver

Providing a one-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims arising prior to January 1, 2003

Section 78o - Registration and regulation of brokers and dealers

Requiring broker-dealers to be FINRA members

Section 1514A - Civil action to protect against retaliation in fraud cases

Adopting the burdens of proof set out in 49 U.S.C. § 42121(b)

Section 45 - Libel defined

Defining libel