Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing

Scheuer v. Rhodes

Holding that executive branch officers had qualified immunity

Byrne v. Nezhat

Holding a district judge did not abuse his discretion in declining to recuse himself from a case when he screened his law clerk who had previously worked for one of the law firms representing a party in a case

U.S. ex Rel. Clausen v. Laboratory Corp.

Holding Rule 9(b) applies to False Claims Act claims

Strat. Income Fund v. Spear, Leeds Kellogg

Deciding that the third amended complaint, which contained 127 paragraphs, all incorporated by reference into nine separate counts created an "onerous task" for the trial court to sift through

Resnick v. Avmed, Inc.

Holding plaintiffs need only allege losses, not unreimbursed losses, for a cognizable injury in a Florida breach of implied contract claim

Corsello v. Lincare, Inc.

Holding that trial court did not err in denying relator's request to file an amended complaint where there was a repeated failure to cure deficiencies in three prior complaints

Atkins v. McInteer

Holding that denial of leave to amend was not an abuse of discretion where the relator “failed to include the proposed amendment or the substance thereof” with his request

Magluta v. Samples

Holding that a complaint was a shotgun complaint when, among other issues, the complaint was 58-pages long and contained at least 146 numbered paragraphs

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 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Section 1331 - Federal question

Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

Section 3729 - False claims

Holding liable "any person" who knowingly causes false claims to be presented

Section 1345 - United States as plaintiff

Granting the district courts jurisdiction over "all civil actions, suits or proceedings commenced by the United States"

Section 3732 - False claims jurisdiction

Granting jurisdiction to district courts "over any action brought under the laws of any State for the recovery of funds paid by a State or local government if the action arises from the same transaction or occurrence as an action brought under section 3730"

Section 68.082 - False claims against the state; definitions; liability