40 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. Conley v. Gibson

    355 U.S. 41 (1957)   Cited 59,158 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief"
  4. Citizens United v. Fed. Election Comm'n

    558 U.S. 310 (2010)   Cited 1,649 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Holding that disclaimer and disclosure requirements are subject to exacting scrutiny
  5. Associated General Contractors v. Carpenters

    459 U.S. 519 (1983)   Cited 5,174 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a union lacked standing to sue for injuries passed on to it by intermediaries
  6. Lawrence v. Texas

    539 U.S. 558 (2003)   Cited 1,170 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding statute that criminalizes two persons of same sex engaging in intimate sexual conduct unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment
  7. Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

    508 U.S. 49 (1993)   Cited 1,151 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Holding litigants immune from an antitrust claim under Noerr-Pennington immunity
  8. Mcconnell v. F.E.C.

    540 U.S. 93 (2003)   Cited 616 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding BCRA survived exacting scrutiny, given the “important state interests” in “providing the electorate with information, deterring actual corruption and avoiding any appearance thereof, and gathering the data necessary to enforce more substantive electioneering restrictions”
  9. Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.

    551 U.S. 877 (2007)   Cited 468 times   77 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the rule of reason rather than per se illegality applies to vertical price restraints
  10. 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
  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 357,835 times   950 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 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. . . ."