31 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. Lopez v. Smith

    203 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2000)   Cited 24,628 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a pro se litigant must be given leave to amend his complaint if it appears at all possible that the plaintiff can correct the deficiencies in the complaint
  4. Daniels-Hall v. National Educ. Ass'n

    629 F.3d 992 (9th Cir. 2010)   Cited 2,173 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding information made publicly available on official government websites appropriate for judicial notice
  5. California Transport v. Trucking Unlimited

    404 U.S. 508 (1972)   Cited 1,591 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding "the right to petition extends to all departments of the Government," including the courts
  6. Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.

    20 Cal.4th 163 (Cal. 1999)   Cited 2,464 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that for an act to be "unfair," it must "threaten" a violation of law or "violate the policy or spirit of one of those laws because its effects are comparable to or the same as a violation of the law"
  7. Walker, Inc. v. Food Machinery

    382 U.S. 172 (1965)   Cited 884 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that there may be a violation of the Sherman Act when a patent is procured by fraud, but recognizing that a patent is an exception to the general rule against monopolies
  8. Steckman v. Hart Brewing, Inc.

    143 F.3d 1293 (9th Cir. 1998)   Cited 1,066 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the court is “not required to accept as true conclusory allegations which are contradicted by documents referred to in the complaint”
  9. Public Serv. Comm'n v. Wycoff Co.

    344 U.S. 237 (1952)   Cited 1,358 times
    Holding that federal "judicial power does not extend to abstract questions" and the dispute in a particular case "must not be nebulous or contingent but must have taken on fixed and final shape" (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted)
  10. Allied Tube Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc.

    486 U.S. 492 (1988)   Cited 304 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[c]oncerted efforts to restrain or monopolize trade by petitioning government officials," including "a form of indirect petitioning," are "protected from antitrust liability under the doctrine established by Noerr"
  11. 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. . . ."
  12. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 18,266 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices
  13. Section 1051 - Application for registration; verification

    15 U.S.C. § 1051   Cited 3,873 times   126 Legal Analyses
    Requiring a filing of a Statement of Use to register a mark