26 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 262,357 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 275,664 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. D'Ambrosio v. Marino

    747 F.3d 378 (6th Cir. 2014)   Cited 626 times
    Holding that three prior instances of unconstitutional conduct by county employees were insufficient to establish a pattern of the municipality's deliberate indifference to unconstitutional conduct
  4. Miller-Davis Co. v. Ahrens Constr., Inc.

    495 Mich. 161 (Mich. 2014)   Cited 316 times
    Recognizing that there must be a contract for there to be a breach of contract claim
  5. Grindstaff v. Green

    133 F.3d 416 (6th Cir. 1998)   Cited 502 times
    Holding that directed trustee had no duty to investigate the merits of directives given by a named fiduciary
  6. Dalley v. Gossett

    287 Mich. App. 296 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010)   Cited 335 times
    Holding that pursuit of a TRO and a vindictive, groundless lawsuit which disrupted plaintiff's business relationship did not set forth a claim for tortious interference with a business relationship
  7. New Albany Tractor v. Louisville Tractor

    650 F.3d 1046 (6th Cir. 2011)   Cited 250 times
    Holding that a plaintiff must set forth facts in his complaint sufficient to demonstrate a right to relief, and “may not use the discovery process to obtain these facts after filing suit.”
  8. Thomas M. Cooley Law School v. Kurzon Strauss, LLP

    759 F.3d 522 (6th Cir. 2014)   Cited 75 times
    Holding that where defamation claim failed due to insufficient evidence of actual malice, court did not need to separately address parallel state-law tortious interference claim because it "fail[ed] along with the defamation claim"
  9. BPS Clinical Laboratories v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield

    217 Mich. App. 687 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996)   Cited 100 times
    Requiring that the act be per se wrongful or be done with malice and without justification
  10. Mill's Pride, Inc. v. Continental Ins. Co.

    300 F.3d 701 (6th Cir. 2002)   Cited 77 times
    Finding that Michigan did not have most significant relationship to insurance contract when "[t]he parties' insurance policy . . . makes no mention of Michigan law; it covers no insured that is incorporated in Michigan or that has a place of business in Michigan"
  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 356,694 times   945 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 161,416 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. Section 1333.61 - Uniform trade secrets act definitions

    Ohio Rev. Code § 1333.61   Cited 392 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Defining trade secrets
  14. Section 445.1902 - Definitions

    Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1902   Cited 113 times
    Defining trade secret as information that is not "readily ascertainable by proper means"