Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A.
534 U.S. 506 (2002) Cited 16,796 times 20 Legal AnalysesHolding with regard to a 67-year-old plaintiff and a 59-year-old comparator that " difference of eight years between the age of the person discharged and his replacement . . . is not insignificant"
Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc.
504 U.S. 451 (1992) Cited 2,291 times 16 Legal AnalysesHolding that "it is clearly reasonable to infer that [the defendant] has market power to raise prices and drive out competition in the aftermarkets" for service and parts despite an undisputed lack of market power in the initial product
Continental T. V., Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc.
433 U.S. 36 (1977) Cited 991 times 15 Legal AnalysesHolding that vertical nonprice restraints are subject to the rule of reason
Total Benefits Planning v. Anthem Blue Cross
552 F.3d 430 (6th Cir. 2008) Cited 1,050 times 2 Legal AnalysesAffirming dismissal of complaint that defendants conspired to defame and libel plaintiffs because allegations offered “no factual description of the substance of the statements or who made the statements that ‘defamed and libeled,’ ‘coerced and threatened,’ and ‘blacklisted’ Plaintiffs”
Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc.
547 U.S. 28 (2006) Cited 231 times 19 Legal AnalysesHolding that separate markets existed for software and hardware even when they were always bundled together
Pepsico, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.
315 F.3d 101 (2d Cir. 2002) Cited 661 timesHolding that the plaintiff had failed to provide sufficient evidence of market power where the defendant had only a 64 percent market share
Klor's v. Broadway-Hale Stores
359 U.S. 207 (1959) Cited 735 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding boycott unlawful when appliance manufacturers and distributors agreed that distributors would not sell to one retailer at another retailer's request
Queen City Pizza, Inc. v. Domino's Pizza, Inc.
124 F.3d 430 (3d Cir. 1997) Cited 445 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that a product market consisting of interchangeable goods — pizza sauce, dough, and paper cups — cannot be subdivided by contractual restraints that require a franchisee to purchase these goods from a certain supplier — Domino's
K.M.B. Warehouse v. Walker Mfg. Co.
61 F.3d 123 (2d Cir. 1996) Cited 155 timesFinding no evidence of adverse effects where plaintiff "failed to come forward with any evidence that defendants' actions adversely affected service, quality or price market-wide."
Hack v. President & Fellows of Yale College
237 F.3d 81 (2d Cir. 2000) Cited 133 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that Yale College's charter, recognized in Connecticut's constitution, was a "special law"
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 346,675 times 923 Legal AnalysesGranting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Section 1292 - Interlocutory decisions
28 U.S.C. § 1292 Cited 22,327 times 195 Legal AnalysesGranting appellate jurisdiction over certain types of interlocutory orders