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' "

Russello v. United States

Holding that where "Congress includes particular language in one section of a statute but omits it in another section of the same Act," courts presume that "Congress acts intentionally and purposely in the disparate inclusion or exclusion"

ATSI Communications, Inc. v. Shaar Fund, Ltd.

Holding that deception occurs when "investors are misled to believe that prices at which they purchase and sell securities are determined by the natural interplay of supply and demand, not rigged by manipulators"

McCarthy v. Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying leave to amend where "discovery had closed, defendants had filed for summary judgment, and nearly two years had passed since the filing of the original complaint"

Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co.

Holding that where Congress has listed some categories of people as to successor liability under 26 U.S.C. § 9706, those not included in the list are not liable because Congress could have included them "clearly and explicitly"

McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional

Holding that "the law of the flag state ordinarily governs the internal affairs of a ship"

Ofori-Tenkorang v. American Intern. Group

Holding "nothing in the statutory language [of Section 1981] indicat[es] Congress's intent to allow those outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States to raise Section 1981 claims"

Foley Bros. v. Filardo

Holding that federal Eight Hour Law did not apply overseas where legislative history revealed that Congress was primarily concerned with domestic employment conditions

Benz v. Compania Naviera Hidalgo

Holding the LMRA inapplicable to the picketing of a foreign ship operated entirely by foreign seamen

Diorinou v. Mezitis

Finding that children were habitually resident in Greece where children were citizens of both the United States and Greece, the father was a U.S. citizen, and the mother was a Greek citizen

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

Section 1513 - Retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant

Criminalizing retaliation for "providing to a law enforcement officer any truthful information relating to the commission ... of any Federal offense "

Section 1514A - Civil action to protect against retaliation in fraud cases

Adopting the burdens of proof set out in 49 U.S.C. § 42121(b)

Section 1514 - Civil action to restrain harassment of a victim or witness

Addressing witness harassment

Section 1513 - Duties and powers vested in Department

Section 1980.114 - District court jurisdiction over retaliation complaints

Requiring that the ARB be notified of intent to file a federal suit if an ALJ's ruling is on appeal to the ARB