74 Cited authorities

  1. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 268,949 times   367 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' "
  2. Tellabs v. Makor Issues Rights

    551 U.S. 308 (2007)   Cited 9,194 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a strong inference is one that is "cogent and at least as compelling as any opposing inference"
  3. Dura Pharmaceuticals v. Broudo

    544 U.S. 336 (2005)   Cited 3,565 times   67 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the securities statutes have a private of action “not to provide investors with broad insurance against market losses, but to protect them against those economic losses that misrepresentations actually cause”
  4. Foman v. Davis

    371 U.S. 178 (1962)   Cited 28,824 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
  5. Basic Inc. v. Levinson

    485 U.S. 224 (1988)   Cited 3,355 times   308 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the District Court appropriately certified the class based on the presumption of reliance
  6. Ernst Ernst v. Hochfelder

    425 U.S. 185 (1976)   Cited 3,488 times   39 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Section 9(f) “contains a state-of-mind condition requiring something more than negligence”
  7. In re Burlington Coat Factory

    114 F.3d 1410 (3d Cir. 1997)   Cited 7,710 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
  8. TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc.

    426 U.S. 438 (1976)   Cited 2,485 times   67 Legal Analyses
    Holding that materiality may be resolved at summary judgment "if the established omissions are so obviously important to an investor that reasonable minds cannot differ on the question of materiality"
  9. Nami v. Fauver

    82 F.3d 63 (3d Cir. 1996)   Cited 2,478 times
    Holding that a Section 1983 plaintiff is only entitled to relief "if complaint sufficiently alleges deprivation of any right secured by the Constitution"
  10. Virginia Bankshares, Inc. v. Sandberg

    501 U.S. 1083 (1991)   Cited 609 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 14 liability may not be established on "mere disbelief or undisclosed motive without any demonstration that the proxy statement was false or misleading"
  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 348,503 times   930 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 39,110 times   320 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity
  13. Section 78u-4 - Private securities litigation

    15 U.S.C. § 78u-4   Cited 7,501 times   49 Legal Analyses
    Granting courts authority to permit discovery if necessary "to preserve evidence or to prevent undue prejudice to" a party
  14. Section 78t - Liability of controlling persons and persons who aid and abet violations

    15 U.S.C. § 78t   Cited 3,989 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any person "who, directly or indirectly, controls any person liable under any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation thereunder"
  15. Section 78u-5 - Application of safe harbor for forward-looking statements

    15 U.S.C. § 78u-5   Cited 1,262 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Listing as an exclusion from the safe harbor "forward-looking statement in connection with a going private transaction"
  16. Section 314.101 - Filing an NDA and receiving an ANDA

    21 C.F.R. § 314.101   Cited 31 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Providing that an "NDA may be filed" once the "FDA has made a threshold determination that the NDA is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review"