550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 265,488 times 364 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' "
Holding that allegations are not plausible unless plaintiffs allege "facts tending to exclude the possibility that the [defendant's] explanation is true."
Holding that district court may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over related state law claims once it has dismissed all claims over which it had original jurisdiction
Holding that a former employee failed to state a RICO claim where multiple criminal predicate acts were "in a sense a single episode having the singular purpose of impoverishing [the plaintiff]" and there was "no suggestion that these defendants . . . ever intended anyone but [plaintiff] any harm"
Holding that the RICO bar applies even where the plaintiff does not have standing to sue under securities laws because the plaintiff did not buy or sell securities
38 F. Supp. 3d 436 (S.D.N.Y. 2014) Cited 101 times
Holding that defendant's use of New York office space and New York banks, among other factors, "is not one of those rare instances" in which a defendant "is subjected to a state's general jurisdiction irrespective of where they are domiciled"
18 U.S.C. § 1956 Cited 9,248 times 141 Legal Analyses
Defining “specified unlawful activity” to include, inter alia, controlled substance violations, murder, bribery, smuggling, various forms of fraud, concealment of assets, various environmental offenses, and health care offenses