9 Cited authorities

  1. Colonial Penn Insurance v. Coil

    887 F.2d 1236 (4th Cir. 1989)   Cited 1,578 times
    Holding that courts "may properly take judicial notice of the [defendants]' guilty pleas . . . "
  2. Gray ex Rel. Rudd v. Beverly Enterprises-Miss

    390 F.3d 400 (5th Cir. 2004)   Cited 295 times
    Holding that a single valid cause of action against a non-diverse defendant destroys diversity
  3. In re Merck Co. Securities Litigation

    432 F.3d 261 (3d Cir. 2005)   Cited 158 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Wall Street Journal's analysis of previously available information is not corrective disclosure
  4. Ieradi v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.

    230 F.3d 594 (3d Cir. 2000)   Cited 80 times
    Affirming dismissal of claim for lack of materiality
  5. Allen v. City of Los Angeles

    92 F.3d 842 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 63 times
    Stating that with respect to state law cross-claim remaining after verdict on federal claim that "although neither party raised a jurisdictional issue, we examine jurisdiction sua sponte"
  6. United States ex. rel. Lam v. Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    481 F. Supp. 2d 689 (W.D. Tex. 2007)   Cited 8 times
    Permitting the Government to intervene for settlement negotiations
  7. Elektra Entertainment Group, Inc. v. Does 1-6

    Civil Action No. 04-1241 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 12, 2004)

    Civil Action No. 04-1241. October 12, 2004 ORDER CYNTHIA RUFE, District Judge AND NOW, this 12th day of October, 2004, upon consideration of Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery [Doc. #4], the Declaration of Jonathan Whitehead in support thereof [Doc. #5], and Plaintiffs' Second Supplemental Memorandum in support thereof [Doc. #13], and after several conferences with counsel for Plaintiffs and counsel for the amici curiae, it hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion is GRANTED.

  8. Rule 201 - Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts

    Fed. R. Evid. 201   Cited 29,078 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding "[n]ormally, in deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, courts must limit their inquiry to the facts stated in the complaint and the documents either attached to or incorporated in the complaint. However, courts may also consider matters of which they may take judicial notice."
  9. Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 5   Cited 22,753 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system