Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 257,305 times 280 Legal AnalysesHolding for a complaint to survive Rule 12(b), it must "state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face"
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 270,937 times 367 Legal AnalysesHolding 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' "
Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
508 U.S. 49 (1993) Cited 1,140 times 42 Legal AnalysesHolding litigants immune from an antitrust claim under Noerr-Pennington immunity
Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc.
429 U.S. 477 (1977) Cited 2,073 times 20 Legal AnalysesHolding that mere economic loss does not amount to an antitrust injury under the antitrust laws
Spectrum Sports, Inc. v. McQuillan
506 U.S. 447 (1993) Cited 784 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding that proof of relevant market is essential under § 2
Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.
551 U.S. 877 (2007) Cited 465 times 76 Legal AnalysesHolding that the rule of reason rather than per se illegality applies to vertical price restraints
Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.
20 Cal.4th 163 (Cal. 1999) Cited 2,440 times 22 Legal AnalysesHolding 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"
Cargill, Inc. v. Monfort of Colorado, Inc.
479 U.S. 104 (1986) Cited 683 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding that a Clayton Act plaintiff "must show a threat of antitrust injury" to warrant injunctive relief
Newcal Industries, Inc. v. IKON Office Solution
513 F.3d 1038 (9th Cir. 2008) Cited 863 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that plaintiff who had already filed a fraud suit under the Sherman Act, Lanham Act, and RICO had standing to seek a declaration that the defendant's fraudulently procured contracts were invalid
Public Serv. Comm'n v. Wycoff Co.
344 U.S. 237 (1952) Cited 1,341 timesHolding 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)
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 351,086 times 937 Legal AnalysesGranting 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 158,801 times 196 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Section 1367 - Supplemental jurisdiction
28 U.S.C. § 1367 Cited 62,785 times 78 Legal AnalysesHolding that in civil actions proceeding in federal court based solely on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the district court "shall not have supplemental jurisdiction" over "claims by plaintiffs against persons made parties under Rule . . . 24" or "over claims by persons . . seeking to intervene as plaintiffs under Rule 24," if "exercising supplemental jurisdiction over such claims would be inconsistent with the jurisdictional requirements of section 1332"
Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 Cited 18,004 times 315 Legal AnalysesProhibiting unlawful business practices
Section 16727 - Unlawful condition that lessee or purchaser not use goods or services of competitor
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16727 Cited 39 timesApplying to "goods, merchandise, machinery, supplies, commodities"