550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 269,161 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' "
511 U.S. 375 (1994) Cited 19,235 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that absent a reservation of jurisdiction in the stipulated dismissal order, federal courts lack jurisdiction to consider enforcement of a settlement agreement
Holding that even though provisions of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act might inform an inquiry about violations of a state-law deceptive trade practices statute, they were not an element of the state law claim sufficient to create jurisdiction
Holding that statutory damages, punitive damages, and potential attorneys' fees must be included in calculating the amount in controversy in a diversity case
Holding $75,000 amount in controversy not shown when the defendants submitted no evidence and relied only on the plaintiff's allegations that she was injured when assaulted in a parking lot
58 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1154 (Tex. 2015) Cited 277 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that, despite rules limiting an employer's use of defenses based upon employee conduct, an employer owes no duty to an employee who was aware of the dangers associated with their job duties
Holding that, where the claim involves the applicability of the insurance policy to a particular occurrence, "the jurisdictional amount in controversy is measured by the value of the underlying claim."