Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

Holding that absent a reservation of jurisdiction in the stipulated dismissal order, federal courts lack jurisdiction to consider enforcement of a settlement agreement

Conley v. Gibson

Holding that "a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief"

Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall

Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation

Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.

Holding that compliance with a time-limit on the initiation of arbitration was not a gateway "question of arbitrability" that was reserved for the courts as it was procedural rather than substantive

Allen v. Wright

Holding that, even when plaintiffs allege "one of the most serious injuries recognized in our legal system," it's not justiciable where "the chain of causation between the challenged Government conduct and the asserted injury are far too weak for the chain as a whole to sustain respondents' standing"

Valley Forge College v. Americans United

Holding that "the psychological consequence presumably produced by observation of conduct with which one disagrees ... is not an injury sufficient to confer standing under Art. III, even though the disagreement is phrased in constitutional terms"

Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno

Holding that potential change in law cannot, by itself, fend off dismissal under forum non conveniens absent showing that new law is "clearly inadequate or unsatisfactory"

United States v. Bestfoods

Holding that ownership and control is insufficient to demonstrate an alter-ego relationship

Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert

Holding that private interest factors include the "availability of compulsory process for attendance of un-willing, and the cost of obtaining attendance of willing, witnesses"

Saudi Arabia v. Nelson

Holding that the Saudi government's wrongful arrest, imprisonment, and torture of plaintiff were sovereign not commercial activities

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

Section 1332 - Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs

Holding district court has jurisdiction over action between diverse citizens "where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000"

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

Section 3 - Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration

Providing for a stay of judicial proceedings on "issue referable to arbitration"

Section 4 - Failure to arbitrate under agreement; petition to United States court having jurisdiction for order to compel arbitration; notice and service thereof; hearing and determination

Granting authority to federal courts to compel party to participate in arbitration where a valid arbitration agreement exists

Section 12-301 - Limitation of time for bringing actions

Imposing a three-year statute of limitations on actions "for the recovery of personal property"

Section 13-423 - Personal jurisdiction based upon conduct

Authorizing jurisdiction over a person, who acts directly or by an agent

Section 278 - Continuation of corporation after dissolution for purposes of suit and winding up affairs

Section 13-334 - Service on foreign corporations

Governing service of process on foreign corporations in the District

Section 16-3301 - Complaint; allegations; parties; service; decree