59 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 266,691 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 279,746 times   369 Legal Analyses
    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
  3. Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz

    471 U.S. 462 (1985)   Cited 17,329 times   47 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant has "fair warning" if he purposefully directs his activities at residents of the forum and if the litigation results from alleged injuries arising out of or relating to those activities.
  4. World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson

    444 U.S. 286 (1980)   Cited 11,058 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an Oklahoma court could not exercise personal jurisdiction over a car retailer when the retailer's only connection to Oklahoma was the fact that a car sold in New York became involved in an accident in Oklahoma
  5. Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corp.

    503 U.S. 258 (1992)   Cited 1,699 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) could not recover under RICO for stock-manipulation scheme that bankrupted broker-dealers, triggering a statutory requirement that SIPC meet the broker-dealers' obligations to their customers
  6. Hanson v. Denckla

    357 U.S. 235 (1958)   Cited 7,997 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that personal jurisdiction over defendant trustee was inappropriate when defendant's only contacts with the forum resulted from plaintiff-settlor's unilateral activity of moving to Florida
  7. Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York

    559 U.S. 1 (2010)   Cited 780 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the defendant retailer's failure to make state-law-required disclosures that would make it easier for the City to recover delinquent taxes did not proximately cause the City's injury, which more directly came from the delinquent taxpayers themselves
  8. ATSI Communications, Inc. v. Shaar Fund, Ltd.

    493 F.3d 87 (2d Cir. 2007)   Cited 4,016 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because "a plaintiff must show . . . a primary violation by the controlled person" in order to "establish a prima facie case of control[-]person liability," a plaintiff who "fails to allege any primary violation . . . cannot establish control[-]person liability"
  9. Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp.

    547 U.S. 451 (2006)   Cited 874 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a business could not recover against its competitor for a scheme to defraud the New York State tax authority that allowed the defendant to undercut the plaintiff's prices
  10. Brass v. American Film Technologies, Inc.

    987 F.2d 142 (2d Cir. 1993)   Cited 1,971 times
    Holding that district courts may make use of "documents either in plaintiffs' possession or of which plaintiffs had knowledge and relied on in bringing suit" in evaluating Rule 12(b) motions
  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 361,353 times   960 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 15   Cited 94,788 times   92 Legal Analyses
    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
  13. Rule 4 - Summons

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 4   Cited 73,503 times   129 Legal Analyses
    Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time
  14. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 40,114 times   335 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity
  15. Section 1962 - Prohibited activities

    18 U.S.C. § 1962   Cited 16,268 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Specifying prohibited activities
  16. Section 1961 - Definitions

    18 U.S.C. § 1961   Cited 15,219 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include
  17. Section 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television

    18 U.S.C. § 1343   Cited 12,545 times   173 Legal Analyses
    Barring fraudulent schemes "for obtaining money or property"
  18. Section 1956 - Laundering of monetary instruments

    18 U.S.C. § 1956   Cited 9,716 times   144 Legal Analyses
    Defining “specified unlawful activity” to include, inter alia, controlled substance violations, murder, bribery, smuggling, various forms of fraud, concealment of assets, various environmental offenses, and health care offenses
  19. Section 1964 - Civil remedies

    18 U.S.C. § 1964   Cited 6,232 times   43 Legal Analyses
    Granting civil remedies for RICO violation
  20. Section 1344 - Bank fraud

    18 U.S.C. § 1344   Cited 5,083 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Defining the maximum prison terms for wire fraud that affects a financial institution and bank fraud, which define the penalties for the conspiracy crime that Anderson pleaded guilty to according to 18 U.S.C. § 1349, as "not more than 30 years"