Fed. Deposit Ins. v. Meyer

Holding there can be no Bivens action against a federal agency

Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents

Holding that there is an implied cause of action for money damages against federal officials for violations of the Fourth Amendment

Carlson, v. Green

Holding that FTCA and Bivens remedies were "parallel, complementary causes of action" and that the availability of the former did not preempt the latter

D.H. v. Gottdiener

Holding that Rule 55, governing default judgment, "does not operate well in the context of a motion to confirm or vacate an arbitration award" because such motions are "motions in an ongoing proceeding rather than a complaint initiating a plenary action"

Mohamad v. Palestinian Auth.

Holding term used in Torture Victim Protection Act was unambiguous despite disagreement among several circuits

Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert

Holding that private interest factors include the "availability of compulsory process for attendance of un-willing, and the cost of obtaining attendance of willing, witnesses"

Iragorri v. United Techs. Corp.

Holding that foreign plaintiff's forum choice given "greater deference ... to the extent that it was motivated by legitimate reasons, including the plaintiff's convenience"

INS v. Phinpathya

Holding that thirty-two-year-old statute must still be given its plain meaning

Elkins v. Moreno

Holding that whether resident aliens can become domiciliaries of Maryland is a matter of state law the federal courts should leave to state courts as a matter of comity

Neil Bros. Ltd. v. World Wide Lines, Inc.

Holding that the convenience of witnesses favored transfer from New York to Tennessee, where transfer would relieve certain witnesses from any travel, and other witnesses would have to travel whether litigation occurred in New York or Tennessee

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Section 1331 - Federal question

Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."

Section 1404 - Change of venue

Granting Class Plaintiffs' motion to transfer action in order to "facilitate a unified settlement approval process together with the class action cases in" In re Amex ASR

Section 1391 - Venue generally

Finding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred

Section 1101 - Definitions

Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

Section 1158 - Asylum

Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

Section 2671 - Definitions

Defining "[e]mployee of the government" for purposes of the FTCA as "officers or employees of any federal agency "

Section 2674 - Liability of United States

Specifying scope of United States' liability

Section 1-104 - Definitions

Section 605 - General provisions and definitions

Classifying testamentary trusts as resident, and therefore taxable, only where testator was domiciled in New York at time of death

Section 208.7 - Employment authorization

Providing that "the [employment authorization] application shall be submitted no earlier than 150 days after the date on which a complete asylum application submitted in accordance with §§ 208.3 and 208.4 has been received"