123 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 255,123 times   280 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 268,865 times   367 Legal Analyses
    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' "
  3. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

    564 U.S. 338 (2011)   Cited 6,683 times   505 Legal Analyses
    Holding in Rule 23 context that “[w]ithout some glue holding the alleged reasons for all those decisions together, it will be impossible to say that examination of all the class members' claims for relief will produce a common answer”
  4. Lewis v. Casey

    518 U.S. 343 (1996)   Cited 14,367 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a prisoner must show an actual injury to state a claim for denial of access to courts
  5. Associated General Contractors v. Carpenters

    459 U.S. 519 (1983)   Cited 5,059 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a union lacked standing to sue for injuries passed on to it by intermediaries
  6. Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indem. Co.

    553 U.S. 639 (2008)   Cited 1,112 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that bidders at a county tax-lien auction plausibly alleged RICO proximate causation when they lost to a competing bidder who lied to the county about complying with the auction's rules
  7. Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corp.

    503 U.S. 258 (1992)   Cited 1,672 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
  8. Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee

    531 U.S. 341 (2001)   Cited 1,188 times   80 Legal Analyses
    Holding that federal drug and medical device laws pre-empted a state tort-law claim based on failure to properly communicate with the FDA
  9. Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York

    559 U.S. 1 (2010)   Cited 767 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
  10. Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp.

    547 U.S. 451 (2006)   Cited 852 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
  11. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 39,105 times   320 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity
  12. Section 1962 - Prohibited activities

    18 U.S.C. § 1962   Cited 15,957 times   60 Legal Analyses
    Specifying prohibited activities
  13. Section 1961 - Definitions

    18 U.S.C. § 1961   Cited 14,991 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include
  14. Section 1341 - Frauds and swindles

    18 U.S.C. § 1341   Cited 13,446 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Relating to mail fraud
  15. Section 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television

    18 U.S.C. § 1343   Cited 12,053 times   172 Legal Analyses
    Barring fraudulent schemes "for obtaining money or property"
  16. Section 1964 - Civil remedies

    18 U.S.C. § 1964   Cited 6,110 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Granting civil remedies for RICO violation
  17. Section 1104 - Fiduciary duties

    29 U.S.C. § 1104   Cited 4,847 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Specifying duties of a "fiduciary . . . with respect to a plan"
  18. Section 1952 - Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises

    18 U.S.C. § 1952   Cited 3,271 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Making it illegal to travel in interstate commerce to further a gambling business that is illegal under applicable state law
  19. Section 301 - Short title

    21 U.S.C. § 301   Cited 2,430 times   48 Legal Analyses

    This chapter may be cited as the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 21 U.S.C. § 301 June 25, 1938, ch. 675, §1, 52 Stat. 1040. STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE; POSTPONEMENT IN CERTAIN CASES Act June 23, 1939, ch. 242, §§1, 2, 53 Stat. 853, 854, provided that:"[SEC. 1] (a) The effective date of the following provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is hereby postponed until January 1, 1940: Sections 402(c) [342(c) of this title]; 403(e)(1) [343(e)(1) of this

  20. Section 355 - New drugs

    21 U.S.C. § 355   Cited 2,252 times   340 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to change the date on which an ANDA may be approved if "either party to the action failed to reasonably cooperate in expediting the action"
  21. Section 314.126 - Adequate and well-controlled studies

    21 C.F.R. § 314.126   Cited 32 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Stating that among the characteristics of "[a]n adequate and well-controlled study" is that "[a]dequate measures are taken to minimize bias on the part of the subjects, observers, and analysts of the data. The protocol and report of the study should describe the procedures used to accomplish this, such as blinding"