37 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 254,855 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. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 268,629 times   367 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' "
  3. Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents

    528 U.S. 62 (2000)   Cited 2,245 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 626(b), effectively abrogated states’ sovereign immunity by incorporating the Fair Labor Standards Act's cause of action against a "public agency," which the FLSA statutorily defined to include "any agency of ... a State, or a political subdivision of a State," 29 U.S.C. §§ 203(x), 216(b)
  4. Sprewell v. Golden State Warriors

    266 F.3d 979 (9th Cir. 2001)   Cited 5,095 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that unwarranted inferences are insufficient to defeat a motion to dismiss
  5. Cousins v. Lockyer

    568 F.3d 1063 (9th Cir. 2009)   Cited 1,367 times
    Holding that "state departmental regulations do not establish a federal constitutional violation."
  6. Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Milhollin

    444 U.S. 555 (1980)   Cited 833 times
    Holding that deference was appropriate to official staff opinions of Federal Reserve Board interpreting the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z, unless demonstrably irrational
  7. Schreiber Distributing v. Serv-Well Furniture

    806 F.2d 1393 (9th Cir. 1986)   Cited 2,306 times
    Holding that Rule 9(b) requires the plaintiff to "state with particularity" the "circumstances constituting the fraud," including a statement of "the time, place, and specific content of the false representations as well as the identities of the parties to the misrepresentation."
  8. Mullis v. U.S. Bankruptcy Ct., Dist of Nevada

    828 F.2d 1385 (9th Cir. 1987)   Cited 1,916 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a receiver derives his immunity from the judge who appointed him, and loses it only if he acts in the clear absence of all jurisdiction
  9. U.S. v. Petroff-Kline

    557 F.3d 285 (6th Cir. 2009)   Cited 196 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that requests seeking purely legal conclusions are not permitted under Rule 36
  10. In re Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litig.

    265 F. Supp. 2d 385 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)   Cited 153 times
    Holding that the plaintiffs "failed to allege any facts to support their conclusion that the bank holding companies exercised such dominion and control over its subsidiaries" and explaining further that "[t]he unadorned invocation of dominion and control is simply not enough"
  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 348,148 times   929 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 17,919 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices
  13. Section 1640 - Civil liability

    15 U.S.C. § 1640   Cited 4,922 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding "any creditor who fails to comply" liable, with creditors defined within § 1602(g) as persons
  14. Section 1602 - Definitions and rules of construction

    15 U.S.C. § 1602   Cited 1,877 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Granting Federal Reserve authority to issue rules to carry out the CARD Act
  15. Section 1639c - Minimum standards for residential mortgage loans

    15 U.S.C. § 1639c   Cited 69 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Providing minimum standards for residential mortgage loans
  16. Section 1639b - Residential mortgage loan origination

    15 U.S.C. § 1639b   Cited 40 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Concerning ability-to-pay determinations
  17. Section 1612 - Effect on government agencies

    15 U.S.C. § 1612   Cited 26 times

    (a) Consultation requirements respecting compliance of credit instruments issued to participating creditor Any department or agency of the United States which administers a credit program in which it extends, insures, or guarantees consumer credit and in which it provides instruments to a creditor which contain any disclosures required by this subchapter shall, prior to the issuance or continued use of such instruments, consult with the Bureau to assure that such instruments comply with this subchapter

  18. Section 8500 - Short title

    Cal. Sts. & Hy. Code § 8500   Cited 8 times

    This division may be cited as the Improvement Bond Act of 1915. Ca. Sts. and High. Code § 8500 Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.

  19. Section 163.08 - Supplemental authority for improvements to real property

    Fla. Stat. § 163.08   Cited 3 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Providing that financing costs for qualifying PACE program improvements “may be collected as a non-ad valorem assessment[, which] shall be collected pursuant to s. 197.3632”
  20. Section 5898.12 - Legislative intent

    Cal. Sts. & Hy. Code § 5898.12   Cited 2 times

    (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that this chapter should be used to finance public improvements to lots or parcels that are developed and where the costs and time delays involved in creating an assessment district pursuant to other provisions of this division or any other law would be prohibitively large relative to the cost of the public improvements to be financed. (b) It is also the intent of the Legislature that this chapter should be used to finance the installation or prepaid service

  21. Section 1026.2 - Definitions and rules of construction

    12 C.F.R. § 1026.2   Cited 67 times   35 Legal Analyses
    Defining "consummation"