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Segovia v. Original Casey's of Drexel Hill, Inc. et al

MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM

56 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. Neitzke v. Williams

    490 U.S. 319 (1989)   Cited 58,105 times
    Holding that "an in forma pauperis pro se complaint may only be dismissed as frivolous ... when the petitioner cannot make any claim with a rational or arguable basis in law or in fact"

  4. Hishon v. King Spalding

    467 U.S. 69 (1984)   Cited 12,562 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the right of expression does not permit selecting law firm partners in violation of Title VII

  5. McLaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co.

    486 U.S. 128 (1988)   Cited 2,008 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "plain language" of the Fair Labor Standards Act's "willful" liquidated damages standard requires that "the employer either knew or showed reckless disregard for the matter of whether its conduct was prohibited by the statute," without regard to the outrageousness of the conduct at issue

  6. Morse v. Lower Merion School District

    132 F.3d 902 (3d Cir. 1997)   Cited 6,357 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because "the notion of deliberate indifference contemplates a danger that must at least be foreseeable," defendant cannot be said to have ignored a foreseeable risk or danger if plaintiff has not shown the existence of such a risk

  7. Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo

    456 U.S. 305 (1982)   Cited 1,814 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Federal Water Pollution Control Act did not mandate injunctions against its violation

  8. Evancho v. Fisher

    423 F.3d 347 (3d Cir. 2005)   Cited 3,332 times
    Holding that liability under § 1983 may not be based solely on doctrine of respondeat superior

  9. Hedges v. U.S.

    404 F.3d 744 (3d Cir. 2005)   Cited 3,024 times
    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

  10. Robinson v. Johnson

    313 F.3d 128 (3d Cir. 2002)   Cited 1,686 times
    Holding that affirmative defenses must be pleaded in the answer or "raised at the earliest practicable moment"

  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 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 163,831 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  13. Section 1331 - Federal question

    28 U.S.C. § 1331   Cited 100,847 times   140 Legal Analyses
    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."

  14. Section 201 - Short title

    29 U.S.C. § 201   Cited 21,489 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Setting fourteen as the minimum age for most non-agricultural work

  15. Section 216 - Penalties

    29 U.S.C. § 216   Cited 16,907 times   143 Legal Analyses
    Holding employers liable for “unpaid minimum wages, or their unpaid overtime compensation”

  16. Section 207 - Maximum hours

    29 U.S.C. § 207   Cited 10,814 times   231 Legal Analyses
    Establishing overtime rules

  17. Section 206 - Minimum wage

    29 U.S.C. § 206   Cited 9,084 times   101 Legal Analyses
    Asking only whether the alleged inequality resulted from “any other factor other than sex”

  18. Section 255 - Statute of limitations

    29 U.S.C. § 255   Cited 4,678 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing that not all FLSA wage and overtime claims are willful

  19. Section 1337 - Commerce and antitrust regulations; amount in controversy, costs

    28 U.S.C. § 1337   Cited 3,098 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Granting jurisdiction for claims arising under statutes regulating interstate commerce

  20. Section 5525 - Four year limitation

    42 Pa. C.S. § 5525   Cited 465 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Setting out a four year statute of limitations for contract actions in Pennsylvania