103 Cited authorities

  1. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 268,629 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. Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall

    466 U.S. 408 (1984)   Cited 9,300 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation
  3. Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.

    537 U.S. 79 (2002)   Cited 2,518 times   27 Legal Analyses
    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
  4. Allen v. Wright

    468 U.S. 737 (1984)   Cited 4,778 times   9 Legal Analyses
    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"
  5. Valley Forge College v. Americans United

    454 U.S. 464 (1982)   Cited 4,982 times   4 Legal Analyses
    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"
  6. Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno

    454 U.S. 235 (1981)   Cited 4,752 times   11 Legal Analyses
    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"
  7. Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert

    330 U.S. 501 (1947)   Cited 5,608 times   5 Legal Analyses
    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"
  8. Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co.

    417 U.S. 506 (1974)   Cited 1,578 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding Securities Exchange Act claim arbitrable
  9. Saudi Arabia v. Nelson

    507 U.S. 349 (1993)   Cited 650 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Saudi government's wrongful arrest, imprisonment, and torture of plaintiff were sovereign not commercial activities
  10. Provident Bank v. Patterson

    390 U.S. 102 (1968)   Cited 1,336 times
    Holding that although a "defendant may properly wish to avoid multiple litigation, or inconsistent relief," if "[a]fter trial ... the defendant has failed to assert this interest, it is quite proper to consider it foreclosed"
  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 348,148 times   929 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 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 157,408 times   196 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  13. Rule 19 - Required Joinder of Parties

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 19   Cited 9,572 times   55 Legal Analyses
    Holding a person must be joined if disposing the action in the person's absence may leave an existing party subject to a "substantial" risk of incurring inconsistent obligations
  14. Section 3 - Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration

    9 U.S.C. § 3   Cited 7,109 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Providing for a stay of judicial proceedings on "issue referable to arbitration"
  15. 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

    9 U.S.C. § 4   Cited 6,381 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Granting authority to federal courts to compel party to participate in arbitration where a valid arbitration agreement exists
  16. Rule 44.1 - Determining Foreign Law

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 44.1   Cited 1,208 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Noting the court's determination of foreign law is treated as a question of law
  17. Section 1604 - Immunity of a foreign state from jurisdiction

    28 U.S.C. § 1604   Cited 1,117 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Granting immunity to foreign states, their agencies, and their instrumentalities
  18. Section 12-301 - Limitation of time for bringing actions

    D.C. Code § 12-301   Cited 904 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Imposing a three-year statute of limitations on actions "for the recovery of personal property"
  19. Section 13-423 - Personal jurisdiction based upon conduct

    D.C. Code § 13-423   Cited 656 times
    Authorizing jurisdiction over a person, who acts directly or by an agent
  20. Section 13-422 - Personal jurisdiction based upon enduring relationship

    D.C. Code § 13-422   Cited 172 times
    Granting personal jurisdiction over entities organized under the laws of, or maintaining their principal place of business in, the District of Columbia