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Schermerhorn et al v. State of Israel et al

Memorandum in opposition to re MOTION to Dismiss

128 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 255,413 times   280 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    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' "

  3. Arbaugh v. Y H Corp.

    546 U.S. 500 (2006)   Cited 7,929 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Title VII's numerosity requirement is nonjurisdictional even though it serves the important policy goal of “spar[ing] very small businesses from Title VII liability”

  4. Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno

    454 U.S. 235 (1981)   Cited 4,759 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"

  5. United States v. Vonn

    535 U.S. 55 (2002)   Cited 1,587 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plain error review applies to unpreserved Rule 11 objections

  6. Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain

    542 U.S. 692 (2004)   Cited 1,177 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that no "private cause of action" had been Congressionally authorized, and thus, plaintiff was "not entitled to a remedy"

  7. Boumediene v. Bush

    553 U.S. 723 (2008)   Cited 971 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that enemy combatants are entitled to the privilege of habeas corpus

  8. Marx v. Gen. Revenue Corp.

    568 U.S. 371 (2013)   Cited 781 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that court may award costs to prevailing defendants in cases under Fair Debt Collection Practices Act without finding under 15 U.S.C. § 1692k that plaintiff brought case in bad faith and for the purpose of harassment

  9. Baker v. Carr

    369 U.S. 186 (1962)   Cited 5,242 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the plaintiffs had standing to challenge Tennessee's apportionment of state representatives when that apportionment "effect[ed] a gross disproportion of representation to voting population"

  10. Milner v. Department of the Navy

    562 U.S. 2011 (2011)   Cited 716 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that FOIA exemptions are "explicitly made exclusive"

  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 348,708 times   930 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 2680 - Exceptions

    28 U.S.C. § 2680   Cited 7,710 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that claims for injurious falsehoods, disparagement of property, slander of goods, or trade libel are claims arising out of libel or slander under the FTCA

  13. Section 1605 - General exceptions to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state

    28 U.S.C. § 1605   Cited 1,905 times   49 Legal Analyses
    Adopting the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991

  14. Section 1330 - Actions against foreign states

    28 U.S.C. § 1330   Cited 1,652 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts with jurisdiction over claims against "foreign state"

  15. Section 1602 - Findings and declaration of purpose

    28 U.S.C. § 1602   Cited 1,444 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Setting forth Congressional findings and the purposes of FSIA

  16. Section 1603 - Definitions

    28 U.S.C. § 1603   Cited 1,360 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing that a state "includes [its] political subdivision"

  17. Section 1350 - Alien's action for tort

    28 U.S.C. § 1350   Cited 1,170 times   64 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts jurisdiction over "any civil action . . . for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations"

  18. Section 1604 - Immunity of a foreign state from jurisdiction

    28 U.S.C. § 1604   Cited 1,119 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Granting immunity to foreign states, their agencies, and their instrumentalities

  19. Section 1605A - Terrorism exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state

    28 U.S.C. § 1605A   Cited 490 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Adopting definition of "material support or resources" found in 18 U.S.C. § 2339A

  20. Section 2370 - Prohibitions against furnishing assistance

    22 U.S.C. § 2370   Cited 138 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing the President to "establish and maintain a total embargo upon all trade between the United States and Cuba"