Murphy Brothers, Inc. v. Michetti Pipe Stringing

Holding that, where defendant was faxed a courtesy copy of a filed complaint, defendant's time to remove is not triggered "by mere receipt of the complaint unattended by any formal service"

Lane v. Pena

Holding that any waiver of "sovereign immunity must be unequivocally expressed in statutory text" and "will be strictly construed, in terms of its scope, in favor of the sovereign"

Omni Capital Int'l v. Rudolf Wolff Co.

Holding that service of process is "more than notice to the defendant and a constitutionally sufficient relationship between the defendant and the forum"

Ghazali v. Moran

Holding that a court may dismiss an action based on a party's failure to comply with the court's Local Rules

Crowley v. Bannister

Holding that, under section 1983, supervisory officials are not liable for actions of subordinates on any theory of vicarious liability

U.S. v. White Mountain Apache Tribe

Holding general terms of Snyder Act do not require expenditure of general appropriations on specific Indian programs

Brockmeyer v. May

Holding that the Convention allows service by mail

Zapata v. City of New York

Holding dismissal was not abuse of discretion where no good cause existed for delay of service until four days after 120-day period had expired

Block v. Neal

Holding that section 2680(h) was inapplicable because "the Government's misstatements [were] not essential to plaintiff's negligence claim"

United States v. Neustadt

Holding that 28 U.S.C. § 2680(h) "applies to both `misrepresentation' and `deceit,' and, as `deceit' means fraudulent misrepresentation, `misrepresentation' must have been meant to include negligent misrepresentation, since otherwise the word `misrepresentation' would be duplicative"

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

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 1346 - United States as defendant

Determining liability to the claimant "in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred"

Section 2680 - Exceptions

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

Section 1491 - Claims against United States generally; actions involving Tennessee Valley Authority

Adopting the standard in 5 U.S.C. § 706

Section 3 - Vacancy in office of Chief Justice; disability