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ROZ TRADING LTD et al v. ZEROMAX GROUP INC

MOTION to Dismiss the Complaint in its Entirety

63 Cited authorities

  1. Conley v. Gibson

    355 U.S. 41 (1957)   Cited 59,553 times   25 Legal Analyses
    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"

  2. Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall

    466 U.S. 408 (1984)   Cited 9,517 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 2,620 times   28 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. Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno

    454 U.S. 235 (1981)   Cited 4,864 times   13 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"

  5. Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert

    330 U.S. 501 (1947)   Cited 5,674 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"

  6. Browning v. Clinton

    292 F.3d 235 (D.C. Cir. 2002)   Cited 1,374 times
    Holding that when a tortious interference claim is based solely on allegedly defamatory remarks, it is "intertwined" with plaintiff's defamation claim and therefore subject to the same one-year statute of limitations

  7. Kowal v. MCI Communications Corp.

    16 F.3d 1271 (D.C. Cir. 1994)   Cited 1,850 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that statements of optimism give rise to a strong inference of scienter if they lacked a reasonable basis when made

  8. Republic of Austria v. Altmann

    541 U.S. 677 (2004)   Cited 333 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that FSIA can be retroactive in application

  9. Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino

    376 U.S. 398 (1964)   Cited 776 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding American courts "will not sit in judgment on the acts of the government of another done within its own territory"

  10. United States ex rel. Williams v. Martin-Baker Aircraft Co.

    389 F.3d 1251 (D.C. Cir. 2004)   Cited 257 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an employee may give his employer notice of protected activity when he "alerts a party outside the usual chain of command"

  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 365,903 times   967 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Section 1391 - Venue generally

    28 U.S.C. § 1391   Cited 29,586 times   201 Legal Analyses
    Finding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred

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

    9 U.S.C. § 3   Cited 7,453 times   37 Legal Analyses
    Providing for a stay of judicial proceedings on "issue referable to arbitration"

  14. Section 12-301 - Limitation of time for bringing actions

    D.C. Code § 12-301   Cited 920 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Imposing a three-year statute of limitations on actions "for the recovery of personal property"

  15. Section 13-423 - Personal jurisdiction based upon conduct

    D.C. Code § 13-423   Cited 688 times
    Providing for exercise of personal jurisdiction when a person acts by an agent

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

    Del. Code tit. 8 § 278   Cited 176 times   7 Legal Analyses

    All corporations, whether they expire by their own limitation or are otherwise dissolved, shall nevertheless be continued, for the term of 3 years from such expiration or dissolution or for such longer period as the Court of Chancery shall in its discretion direct, bodies corporate for the purpose of prosecuting and defending suits, whether civil, criminal or administrative, by or against them, and of enabling them gradually to settle and close their business, to dispose of and convey their property

  17. Section 13-334 - Service on foreign corporations

    D.C. Code § 13-334   Cited 98 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Governing service of process on foreign corporations in the District

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

    D.C. Code § 16-3301   Cited 7 times

    (a) When title to real property in the District of Columbia has become vested in a person by adverse possession, the holder thereof may file a complaint in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to have the title perfected. In the complaint, it is sufficient to allege that the plaintiff holds the title to the property, and that it has vested in him, or in himself and in those under whom he claims, by adverse possession. In the action, it is not necessary to make any person a party defendant