Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 260,142 times 281 Legal AnalysesHolding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington
326 U.S. 310 (1945) Cited 22,892 times 110 Legal AnalysesHolding that states may exercise personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants with "certain minimum contacts with [the forum] such that the maintenance of the suit does not offend ‘traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice’ " (quoting Milliken v. Meyer , 311 U.S. 457, 463, 61 S.Ct. 339, 85 L.Ed. 278 (1940) )
Pinker v. Roche Holdings Ltd.
292 F.3d 361 (3d Cir. 2002) Cited 2,383 timesHolding that in ruling on a Rule 12(b) motion we must accept all of the plaintiff's allegations as true and construct disputed facts in favor of the plaintiff.
O'Connor v. Sandy Lane
496 F.3d 312 (3d Cir. 2007) Cited 1,188 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding a vacation company purposefully contacted Pennsylvania by mailing brochures and calling Pennsylvania residents
Kanter v. Barella
489 F.3d 170 (3d Cir. 2007) Cited 861 times 2 Legal AnalysesUpholding denial of leave to amend where plaintiff failed to offer new facts to district court
Mellon Bank (East) PSFS, National Ass'n v. Farino
960 F.2d 1217 (3d Cir. 1992) Cited 1,141 timesHolding that plaintiff's right to conduct jurisdictional discovery should be sustained when factual allegations suggest the possible existence of requisite contacts between the defendant and the forum state with "reasonable particularity"
Connelly v. Steel Valley Sch. Dist.
706 F.3d 209 (3d Cir. 2013) Cited 528 timesUpholding district court's dismissal of an equal protection claim with prejudice where the relevant facts were not in dispute and "the claim didn't fail for lack of factual specificity"
D'Jamoos v. Pilatus Aircraft
566 F.3d 94 (3d Cir. 2009) Cited 492 timesHolding that transfer under this statute is appropriate where a court finds that it lacks personal jurisdiction over the defendant
Time Share Vacation Club v. Atlantic Resorts
735 F.2d 61 (3d Cir. 1984) Cited 950 timesHolding that a plaintiff establishing personal jurisdiction must present more than "mere affidavits which parrot and do no more than restate plaintiff's allegations without identification of particular defendants and without factual content"
MSL at Andover, Inc. v. American Bar Ass'n
107 F.3d 1026 (3d Cir. 1997) Cited 295 timesHolding Noerr gave immunity for any damages stemming from state adoption of requirements for bar admission to petitioners who lobbied for their adoption
Rule 4 - Summons
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 Cited 71,368 times 127 Legal AnalysesHolding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time
Section 2510 - Definitions
18 U.S.C. § 2510 Cited 4,285 times 79 Legal AnalysesDefining "[i]nvestigative or law enforcement officer" as an officer "empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for [certain] offenses . . . and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses"
Section 2511 - Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited
18 U.S.C. § 2511 Cited 2,817 times 44 Legal AnalysesImposing a penalty on persons who “intentionally intercept ... any wire, oral, or electronic communication”
Section 2520 - Recovery of civil damages authorized
18 U.S.C. § 2520 Cited 1,356 times 3 Legal AnalysesPermitting recovery of actual and punitive damages, as well as a reasonable attorney's fee and other costs of litigation reasonably incurred
Section 5322 - Bases of personal jurisdiction over persons outside this Commonwealth
42 Pa. C.S. § 5322 Cited 882 times 2 Legal AnalysesAuthorizing the exercise of personal jurisdiction to the fullest extent permitted by the U.S. Constitution