15 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 252,709 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
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 266,625 times 365 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' "
Chambers v. Time Warner, Inc.
282 F.3d 147 (2d Cir. 2002) Cited 6,251 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding extrinsic materials were not "integral" to the complaint because the complaint "d[id] not refer to the[m]" and "plaintiffs apparently did not rely on them in drafting it"
Perrin v. United States
444 U.S. 37 (1979) Cited 1,121 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that commercial bribery falls under the definition of bribery under the Travel Act, which was passed nine years before RICO was enacted
Pension Benefit Guar. Corp. v. Morgan Stanley Inv. Mgmt. Inc.
712 F.3d 705 (2d Cir. 2013) Cited 629 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that although failure to diversify may give rise to a claim for breach of fiduciary duty, plaintiff failed to state a claim on the facts alleged
BP America Production Co. ex rel. Amoco Production Co. v. Burton
549 U.S. 84 (2006) Cited 127 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that lessees must treat gas to pipeline CO2 requirements to serve distant markets into which it is sold
Low v. Linkedin Corporation
900 F. Supp. 2d 1010 (N.D. Cal. 2012) Cited 101 times
Holding plaintiffs satisfied Article III standing even though they had failed to allege reliance on particular representations, and even though their FAL claims were dismissed with prejudice on that basis
Matusovsky v. Merrill Lynch
186 F. Supp. 2d 397 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) Cited 77 times
Holding that, in deciding a motion to dismiss, allegations are insufficient where they are contradicted by a document that is integral to or explicitly referenced in the complaint
Viacom International Inc. v. Youtube Inc.
253 F.R.D. 256 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) Cited 36 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the SCA "contains no exception for disclosure of such communications pursuant to civil discovery requests"
In re Hulu Privacy Litigation
No. C 11-03764 LB (N.D. Cal. Apr. 28, 2014) Cited 8 times 5 Legal Analyses
Defining PII as, in part, “information that identifies a specific person and ties that person to particular videos that the person watched”
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 345,885 times 922 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Section 551 - Protection of subscriber privacy
47 U.S.C. § 551 Cited 1,505 times 19 Legal Analyses
Prohibiting disclosure of "personally identifiable information" concerning cable subscriber without consent
Section 2710 - Wrongful disclosure of video tape rental or sale records
18 U.S.C. § 2710 Cited 207 times 72 Legal Analyses
Prohibiting disclosure of "personally identifiable information concerning" consumer of video rental establishment without consent

Robinson v. Disney Online d/b/a Disney Interactive

15 Cited authorities

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

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' "

Holding extrinsic materials were not "integral" to the complaint because the complaint "d[id] not refer to the[m]" and "plaintiffs apparently did not rely on them in drafting it"

Holding that commercial bribery falls under the definition of bribery under the Travel Act, which was passed nine years before RICO was enacted

Holding that although failure to diversify may give rise to a claim for breach of fiduciary duty, plaintiff failed to state a claim on the facts alleged

Holding that lessees must treat gas to pipeline CO2 requirements to serve distant markets into which it is sold

Holding plaintiffs satisfied Article III standing even though they had failed to allege reliance on particular representations, and even though their FAL claims were dismissed with prejudice on that basis

Holding that, in deciding a motion to dismiss, allegations are insufficient where they are contradicted by a document that is integral to or explicitly referenced in the complaint

Holding that the SCA "contains no exception for disclosure of such communications pursuant to civil discovery requests"

Defining PII as, in part, “information that identifies a specific person and ties that person to particular videos that the person watched”

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Prohibiting disclosure of "personally identifiable information" concerning cable subscriber without consent

Prohibiting disclosure of "personally identifiable information concerning" consumer of video rental establishment without consent