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

Foman v. Davis

Holding that an appeal was improperly dismissed when the record as a whole — including a timely but incomplete notice of appeal and a premature but complete notice — revealed the orders petitioner sought to appeal

Phillips v. County of Allegheny

Holding that a district court need not permit a curative amendment if such amendment would be futile

Hedges v. U.S.

Holding the SIAA's two-year statute of limitations, previously codified at 46 U.S.C. § 745, was not jurisdictional and therefore subject to equitable tolling

Pinker v. Roche Holdings Ltd.

Holding that in ruling on a Rule 12(b) motion we must accept all of the plaintiff's allegations as true and construct disputed facts in favor of the plaintiff.

Kehr Packages, Inc. v. Fidelcor, Inc.

Holding that the RlCO-continuity analysis of an allegedly fraudulent scheme must focus on "the instances of deceit constituting the underlying fraudulent scheme"

Adams v. Gould Inc.

Holding that "the mere passage of time, without more, does not require that a motion to amend a complaint be denied"

Borelli v. City of Reading

Holding that an order dismissing a complaint without prejudice ordinarily is neither final nor appealable

Portee v. Jaffee

Finding sufficient degree of severity where mother grew so despondent after seeing her son die while trapped in an elevator that she became severely depressed and attempted suicide

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 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 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint

Section 1391 - Venue generally

Finding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred

Section 2A:58C-1 - Findings; definitions

Defining "[h]arm" as, inter alia, "physical damage to property, other than to the product itself"

Section 2A:58C-5 - Punitive damages under food and drug product liability, limitation

Banning punitive damages in products liability actions where the FDA has approved the product

Section 807.87 - Information required in a premarket notification submission

Section 803.1 - What does this part cover?

Establishing requirements for medical device reporting