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' "

Taylor v. Sturgell

Holding that adequate representation requires that "[t]he interests of the nonparty and her representative are aligned" and "the party understood herself to be acting in a representative capacity."

Sprewell v. Golden State Warriors

Holding that unwarranted inferences are insufficient to defeat a motion to dismiss

Owens v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc.

Holding that defendant was not estopped from raising untimely res judicata defense

Harris v. Cnty. of Orange

Holding that the court "may take judicial notice of undisputed matters of public record . . . including documents on file in federal or state courts"

Stewart v. U.S. Bancorp

Holding that plaintiffs bear the “burden to amend their complaint” to assert claims that are not preempted by ERISA

Kachlon v. Markowitz

Holding that California Civil Code "section 2924 deems the statutorily required mailing, publication, and delivery of notices in nonjudicial foreclosure, and the performance of statutory nonjudicial foreclosure procedures, to be privileged communications under the qualified common-interest privilege of section 47, subdivision (c)."

Rosenfeld v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Holding that injunctive relief is a remedy and not, in itself a cause of action

Secrest v. Security National Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-2

Holding that "an agreement by which a lender agreed to forbear from exercising the right of foreclosure under a deed of trust securing an interest in real property comes within the statute of frauds"

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

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Rule 41 - Dismissal of Actions

Holding that such dismissal "operates as an adjudication on the merits"

Rule 17 - Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers

Providing that, for this type of entity, "[c]apacity to sue or be sued is determined . . . by the law of the state where the court is located"

Section 2924 - Exercise of power of sale

Holding privileged pursuant to Cal. Civ. Code section 47 "[p]erformance of the functions and procedures . . . necessary to carry out the duties [of a non-judicial foreclosure]"

Section 1624 - Contracts deemed invalid unless note or memorandum in writing

Establishing that the statute of frauds applies to contracts "for the sale of real property, or of an interest therein"

Section 1698 - Contract in writing

Addressing oral modification, waiver, and estoppel

Section 1788.1 - Legislative findings; purpose of title

Section 2922 - Writing executed with formalities required in case of grant of real property

Providing that a "mortgage can be created, renewed, or extended, only by writing, executed with the formalities required in the case of a grant of real property"