Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 260,930 times 281 Legal Analyses
Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
Steel Co. v. Citizens for Better Env't
523 U.S. 83 (1998) Cited 11,053 times 15 Legal Analyses
Holding this court may raise the issue of "statutory jurisdiction" sua sponte
Gredell v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.
367 Ill. App. 3d 287 (Ill. App. Ct. 2006) Cited 16 times 2 Legal Analyses
In Gredell, the plaintiff brought ICFA claims against a manufacturer and a distributor of certain pharmaceutical products, alleging that the defendants deceptively marketed and sold the products as an effective treatment for common cold symptoms when the defendants had no scientific evidence to support the drug's reported effects.
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 355,101 times 943 Legal Analyses
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
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 160,697 times 196 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters
Fed. R. Civ. P. 9 Cited 39,625 times 329 Legal Analyses
Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity