Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

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' "

Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"

Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd

Holding that, to be clearly established, "existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debate"

Harlow v. Fitzgerald

Holding that public officials are entitled to a "qualified immunity" from "liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established . . . rights of which a reasonable person would have known"

Albright v. Oliver

Holding that the plaintiff’s § 1983 claim failed where the plaintiff failed to establish that he was deprived of a substantive due process right secured by the Constitution

Anderson v. Creighton

Holding that an officer is entitled to qualified immunity if "a reasonable officer could have believed" that the search was lawful "in light of clearly established law and the information the searching officers possessed"

Wilson v. Garcia

Holding that the statute of limitations for a Section 1983 claim is borrowed from the state's personal injury statute of limitations

Collins v. Harker Heights

Holding that § 1983 "does not provide a remedy for abuses that do not violate federal law"

Jones v. R.R. Donnelley Sons Co.

Holding that four-year statute of limitations applies to § 1981 claim "made possible by" the 1991 amendments

Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Rule 4 - Summons

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

Section 2000e - Definitions

Granting EEOC authority to issue procedural regulations to carry out Title VII provisions

Section 794 - Nondiscrimination under Federal grants and programs

Adopting ADA standards for Rehabilitation Act claims

Section 12131 - Definitions

Defining discrimination to include the failure to provide "reasonable accommodations"

Section 1681 - Sex

Referencing application of Title IX prohibitions to school admissions

Section 12.110 - Actions for certain injuries to person not arising on contract; action for overtime or premium pay; action for professional malpractice; effect of fraud or deceit; action for injuries to person arising from nuclear incident

Providing a two-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions

Section 30.275 - Notice of claim; time of notice; time of action

Describing formal notice

Section 659A.030 - Discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age or expunged juvenile record prohibited