53 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 251,785 times   279 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 265,756 times   364 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "
  3. Foman v. Davis

    371 U.S. 178 (1962)   Cited 28,557 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an appeal was improperly dismissed when the record as a whole — including a timely but incomplete notice of appeal and a premature but complete notice — revealed the orders petitioner sought to appeal
  4. Phillips v. County of Allegheny

    515 F.3d 224 (3d Cir. 2008)   Cited 16,755 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a district court need not permit a curative amendment if such amendment would be futile
  5. Fowler v. UPMC Shadyside

    578 F.3d 203 (3d Cir. 2009)   Cited 14,040 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion "in denying a motion for a class action determination which was untimely under the local rule"
  6. In re Burlington Coat Factory

    114 F.3d 1410 (3d Cir. 1997)   Cited 7,620 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court may consider a "document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint" when deciding a motion to dismiss
  7. Frederico v. Home Depot

    507 F.3d 188 (3d Cir. 2007)   Cited 2,212 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding a dismissal order "without prejudice" was a final order because the plaintiff elected to stand on her original complaint rather than amend or refile it
  8. In re Rockefeller Center Properties, Inc.

    311 F.3d 198 (3d Cir. 2002)   Cited 1,340 times
    Holding that a plaintiff must set forth the "who, what, when, where, and how" of the alleged fraud
  9. Sprague v. General Motors Corp.

    133 F.3d 388 (6th Cir. 1998)   Cited 1,010 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the principle that the terms of the SPD control when they conflict with the terms of the underlying plan does not apply when the SPD is merely silent on an issue because "[a]n omission from the summary plan description does not, by negative implication, alter the terms of the plan itself"
  10. Metcalfe v. Renaissance Marine

    566 F.3d 324 (3d Cir. 2009)   Cited 646 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the plaintiffs ought to have the opportunity to conduct personal discovery, where the plaintiffs' claim was not frivolous and they were "faced with the difficult task of trying to establish personal jurisdiction over a corporation"
  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 344,855 times   920 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 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 38,849 times   316 Legal Analyses
    Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"
  13. Section 56:8-1 - Definitions

    N.J. Stat. § 56:8-1   Cited 2,075 times   56 Legal Analyses
    Defining "merchandise" under the PLA as "any objects, wares, goods, commodities, services or anything offered, directly or indirectly to the public for sale"