Erickson v. Pardus

Holding that a complaint must "give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon which it rests"

New Hampshire v. Maine

Holding that under the doctrine of judicial estoppel, “New Hampshire is equitably barred from asserting—contrary to its position in the 1970's litigation—that the inland Piscataqua River boundary runs along the Maine shore”

Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. Waffle House, Inc.

Holding that a private arbitration agreement between an employee and an employer could not bind a nonparty governmental agency, the EEOC, and thus that the agreement—which was enforceable against the employee under the Federal Arbitration Act—did not limit the types of remedies the agency could seek in an enforcement action it initiated under Title VII

Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corp.

Holding that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) could not recover under RICO for stock-manipulation scheme that bankrupted broker-dealers, triggering a statutory requirement that SIPC meet the broker-dealers' obligations to their customers

Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp.

Holding that a parent and a wholly owned subsidiary have a "complete unity of interest" because "their objectives are common" and "their general corporate actions are guided or determined not by two separate corporate consciousness, but one"

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"

Lerner v. Fleet Bank, N.A.

Holding that an aiding and abetting claim under New York law requires "an allegation that such defendant had actual knowledge of the breach of duty"

Kaufman v. Cohen

Holding that misrepresentations by one business partner to other partners about the value of a business interest was "essential" to completing the underlying misappropriation of a business opportunity

Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Robertson-Ceco Corp.

Holding that district court committed reversible error by limiting timeframe of analysis to the single year prior to the filing of the action

Whitaker v. American Telecasting, Inc.

Holding that a "summons with notice may serve as an initial pleading under section 1446(b)."

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

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

Section R3211 - Motion to dismiss

Granting dismissal where a defense is based upon documentary evidence

Section 1962 - Prohibited activities

Specifying prohibited activities

Section 1961 - Definitions

Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include

Section 1964 - Civil remedies

Granting civil remedies for RICO violation

Section 15 - Suits by persons injured

Granting private right of action to anyone who has been injured "by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws ..."

Section 301 - Jurisdiction over persons, property or status

Codifying caselaw that incorporates "doing business" standard

Section R3015 - Particularity as to specific matters

Section 1304 - Application for authority; contents

Requiring a foreign corporation to designate the Secretary of State "as its agent upon whom process against it may be served," in order to do business in the state