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North Dakota, State of et al v. Swanson et al

MEMORANDUM in Support re MOTION for Judgment on the Pleadings

60 Cited authorities

  1. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 268,948 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' "

  2. Neitzke v. Williams

    490 U.S. 319 (1989)   Cited 56,198 times
    Holding that "an in forma pauperis pro se complaint may only be dismissed as frivolous ... when the petitioner cannot make any claim with a rational or arguable basis in law or in fact"

  3. Pennhurst State School Hosp. v. Halderman

    465 U.S. 89 (1984)   Cited 13,550 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sovereign immunity prohibits federal courts from "instruct[ing] state officials on how to conform their conduct to state law"

  4. Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr

    518 U.S. 470 (1996)   Cited 2,420 times   35 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the presence of a state-law damages remedy for violations of FDA requirements does not impose an additional requirement upon medical device manufacturers but "merely provides another reason for manufacturers to comply with . . . federal law"

  5. Wyeth v. Levine

    555 U.S. 555 (2009)   Cited 1,435 times   101 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the FDA's drug labeling judgments pursuant to the FDCA did not obstacle preempt state law products liability claims

  6. Virginia Office for Protection v. Stewart

    563 U.S. 247 (2011)   Cited 1,321 times
    Finding that the Eleventh Amendment bars damages actions asserted against a State "absent waiver or valid abrogation" of the State's sovereign immunity

  7. Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency

    549 U.S. 497 (2007)   Cited 1,165 times   97 Legal Analyses
    Holding that denials of petitions for rulemaking are judicially reviewable

  8. Idaho v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho

    521 U.S. 261 (1997)   Cited 1,664 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, because "navigable waters uniquely implicate sovereign interests," there exists a "strong presumption of state ownership" of these waters

  9. Pacific Gas Elec. v. Energy Resources Comm'n

    461 U.S. 190 (1983)   Cited 1,174 times
    Holding "that the promotion of nuclear power is not to be accomplished ‘at all costs’ "

  10. Bates v. Dow Agrosciences LLC

    544 U.S. 431 (2005)   Cited 550 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a preemption clause barring state laws "in addition to or different" from a federal Act does not interfere with an "equivalent" state provision

  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 490,313 times   695 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

  12. 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 348,503 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

  13. Section 1331 - Federal question

    28 U.S.C. § 1331   Cited 98,004 times   136 Legal Analyses
    Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."

  14. Section 7401 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

    42 U.S.C. § 7401   Cited 1,378 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Finding that “air pollution prevention (that is, the reduction or elimination, through any measures, of the amount of pollutants produced or created at the source) and air pollution control at its source is the primary responsibility of States and local governments”

  15. Rule 5.1 - Constitutional Challenge to a Statute-Notice, Certification, and Intervention

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.1   Cited 623 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Permitting the state attorney general to intervene when a party files a paper "drawing into question the constitutionality" of a state statute

  16. Section 824 - Declaration of policy; application of subchapter

    16 U.S.C. § 824   Cited 495 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Granting FERC authority over wholesale generation and transmission

  17. Section 645.17 - PRESUMPTIONS IN ASCERTAINING LEGISLATIVE INTENT

    Minn. Stat. § 645.17   Cited 412 times
    Stating that courts may presume that "the legislature does not intend a result that is absurd, impossible of execution, or unreasonable"

  18. Section 7545 - Regulation of fuels

    42 U.S.C. § 7545   Cited 157 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing creation of credit trading program

  19. Section 7543 - State standards

    42 U.S.C. § 7543   Cited 136 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Codifying Section 209(b) of the CAA

  20. Section 7416 - Retention of State authority

    42 U.S.C. § 7416   Cited 111 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Stating nothing in the CAA "shall preclude or deny the right of any State or political subdivision thereof" to adopt an emissions standard or limitation more stringent than the federal version