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Moore v. Raytheon Company et al

MOTION to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim

38 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 255,123 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 268,865 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. Great-West Life Annuity Ins. Co. v. Knudson

    534 U.S. 204 (2002)   Cited 1,697 times   37 Legal Analyses
    Holding an injunction ordering money funds to be legal relief because it sought to "impo[se] personal liability for the benefits that they conferred upon respondents"

  4. Litton Financial Printing Division v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

    501 U.S. 190 (1991)   Cited 787 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that expired contract terms remain “imposed by law” during negotiations

  5. Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. Schoonejongen

    514 U.S. 73 (1995)   Cited 686 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a clause reserving the company's right "at any time to amend the plan" meets the requirements of 29 U.S.C. § 1102(b)

  6. M&G Polymers United States, LLC v. Tackett

    574 U.S. 427 (2015)   Cited 191 times   35 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Court interprets collective bargaining agreements "according to ordinary principles of contract law," as long as "those principles are not inconsistent with federal labor policy " (citing Lincoln Mills , 353 U.S. at 456–457, 77 S.Ct. 912 )

  7. Grosz-Salomon v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co.

    237 F.3d 1154 (9th Cir. 2001)   Cited 314 times
    Holding that when a district court's remedy takes the form of an equitable order, the court reviews that order for an abuse of discretion

  8. Pisciotta v. Teledyne Industries, Inc.

    91 F.3d 1326 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 255 times
    Holding that the statute of limitations on employees' ERISA claim began running the first time employer violated the statute by freezing employees' reimbursement amounts, notwithstanding employees' assertion that their claims were not time-barred under a continuing violation theory because a new and separate breach of ERISA arose each time they were entitled to a reimbursement payment

  9. Burstein v. Retirement Plan, Allegheny Health

    334 F.3d 365 (3d Cir. 2003)   Cited 201 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that terms of summary plan description governed over conflicting plan language even where it provided that the plan would govern in the event of any differences between the documents

  10. Winnett v. Caterpillar, Inc.

    553 F.3d 1000 (6th Cir. 2009)   Cited 160 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding "contract" requirement not a prerequisite to jurisdiction

  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 348,416 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. Section 1132 - Civil enforcement

    29 U.S.C. § 1132   Cited 26,363 times   171 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable "[a]ny administrator" who fails to provide documents in a timely manner

  13. Section 1001 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy

    29 U.S.C. § 1001   Cited 20,562 times   59 Legal Analyses
    Noting that ERISA was enacted “to protect ... employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries”

  14. Section 185 - Suits by and against labor organizations

    29 U.S.C. § 185   Cited 14,569 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Granting federal district courts jurisdiction over breach of contract claims arising out of collective bargaining contracts

  15. Section 501 - Exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc

    26 U.S.C. § 501   Cited 3,233 times   293 Legal Analyses
    Granting tax-exempt status to qualified pension plans

  16. Section 1133 - Claims procedure

    29 U.S.C. § 1133   Cited 2,338 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Detailing similar requirements

  17. Section 141 - Short title; Congressional declaration of purpose and policy

    29 U.S.C. § 141   Cited 2,046 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Stating Congress' declaration of purpose that "employers, employees, and labor organizations each recognize under law one another's legitimate rights in their relations with each other"

  18. Section 401 - Qualified pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans

    26 U.S.C. § 401   Cited 1,978 times   127 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing defined contribution plans for the benefit of employees

  19. Section 1024 - Filing with Secretary and furnishing information to participants and certain employers

    29 U.S.C. § 1024   Cited 1,319 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Striking "plan description"

  20. Section 1055 - Requirement of joint and survivor annuity and preretirement survivor annuity

    29 U.S.C. § 1055   Cited 382 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Stating that certain pension plans must be provided in the form of a qualified joint and survivor annuity benefit