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 due process concerns related to personal jurisdiction are alleviated where the defendant has consented to service

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

U.S. v. White Mountain Apache Tribe

Holding that where one statute provides for a waiver of sovereign immunity to enforce a separate statute, the latter statute is not subject to the strict construction principle

Crowley v. Bannister

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

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 the plaintiff's "Good Samaritan" claim that defects in a house were partly attributable to the Farmers Home Administration's failure to inspect the house properly during construction did not fall within the misrepresentation exception, even though a different negligence theory focusing on the plaintiff's reliance on the Administration's inspection reports might have fallen within that exception

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