Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing

Fowler v. UPMC Shadyside

Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion "in denying a motion for a class action determination which was untimely under the local rule"

United Air Lines, Inc. v. Evans

Holding that an allegedly discriminatory practice that was no longer actionable could not form the predicate of a challenge to a neutral seniority system

Grand Entertainment Group v. Star Media Sales

Holding that the "'person for the time being in charge' of any office or usual place of business of the defendants for purposes of Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 402 must either be an individual with some direct connection to the party to be served or one zohom the process server determines to be authorized, on the basis of her representation of authority, as evidenced by the affidavit of service"

Robinson v. Dalton

Holding that "exhaustion requires . . . consultation with an agency counselor" within those forty-five days

Antol v. Perry

Holding that the investigation "quite properly" focused on Antol's disability discrimination claim

Waiters v. Parsons

Holding Title VII's exhaustion requirement did not bar plaintiff's retaliatory discharge claim where the EEOC had completed an investigation of a pattern of retaliatory acts by defendant prior to plaintiff's termination

Cruz v. Piccari Press

Holding that plaintiff had exhausted claims against parent corporation where parent corporation was discussed in the EEOC charge even though it was not named as the respondent in the charge or served with that charge

Hornsby v. United States Postal Service

Upholding dismissal of Title VII complaint filed 91 days after plaintiff's receipt of right to sue letter

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 4 - Summons

Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time

Section 2000e - Definitions

Granting EEOC authority to issue procedural regulations to carry out Title VII provisions

Section 2000e-5 - Enforcement provisions

Holding charges must be made in writing, under oath, and contain all information as the Commission requires

Section 206 - Minimum wage

Asking only whether the alleged inequality resulted from “any other factor other than sex”

Section 626 - Recordkeeping, investigation, and enforcement

Adopting the statute of limitations under the Portal-to-Portal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 255

Section 951 - Short title

Rule 424 - Corporations and Similar Entities

Using language similar to that in Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(h)(B)