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Pearson v. Target Corporation

MEMORANDUM

27 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 263,477 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 276,716 times   369 Legal Analyses
    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

  3. Lewis v. Casey

    518 U.S. 343 (1996)   Cited 14,628 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a prisoner must show an actual injury to state a claim for denial of access to courts

  4. Steel Co. v. Citizens for Better Env't

    523 U.S. 83 (1998)   Cited 11,135 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding this court may raise the issue of "statutory jurisdiction" sua sponte

  5. Raines v. Byrd

    521 U.S. 811 (1997)   Cited 1,826 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding specifically and only that "individual members of Congress [lack] Article III standing"

  6. Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp.

    527 U.S. 815 (1999)   Cited 944 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a fairness hearing under Rule 23(e) is no substitute for rigorous adherence to those provisions of the Rule designed to protect absentees"

  7. Henson v. CSC Credit Services

    29 F.3d 280 (7th Cir. 1994)   Cited 954 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[i]n order to state a claim under 15 U.S.C § 1681e(b), a consumer must sufficiently allege that a credit reporting agency prepared a report containing 'inaccurate' information"

  8. Cooney v. Rossiter

    583 F.3d 967 (7th Cir. 2009)   Cited 428 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the amount of factual allegations required to state a plausible claim for relief depends on the complexity of the legal theory

  9. Oliveira v. Amoco Oil Co.

    201 Ill. 2d 134 (Ill. 2002)   Cited 342 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that those who "know the truth" do not have a valid ICFA claim

  10. Minn–Chem, Inc. v. Agrium Inc.

    683 F.3d 845 (7th Cir. 2012)   Cited 244 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that import exclusion applied because transactions in which plaintiffs purchased potash directly from foreign cartel members constitute import commerce

  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 357,835 times   950 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 162,084 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  13. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 39,880 times   331 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

  14. Rule 201 - Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts

    Fed. R. Evid. 201   Cited 29,431 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding "[n]ormally, in deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, courts must limit their inquiry to the facts stated in the complaint and the documents either attached to or incorporated in the complaint. However, courts may also consider matters of which they may take judicial notice."

  15. Section 815 ILCS 505/1

    815 ILCS 505/1   Cited 2,212 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Defining "consumer" as "any person who purchases or contracts for the purchase of merchandise not for resale in the ordinary course of his trade or business but for his use or that of a member of his household"

  16. Section 815 ILCS 505/10a - Action for actual damages

    815 ILCS 505/10a   Cited 601 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Providing individual cause of action for violation resulting in "actual damages"