MOTION to dismiss for failure to state a claim Defendant George Beardsley's Motion to Dismiss Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial, and Incorporated Memorandum of Law
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 278,598 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
355 U.S. 41 (1957) Cited 59,263 times 25 Legal Analyses
Holding that "a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief"
Holding that courts do not construe a pleading drafted by counsel with the same leniency that they otherwise afford to pro se litigants who lack "the benefit of a legal education"
Holding that dismissal on statute-of-limitations grounds is "appropriate only if it is apparent from the face of the complaint that the claim is time-barred"
Holding that where the employee explained how and why her time records were inaccurate and provided an average number of weekly hours worked, such evidence established the amount and extent of the employee's work as a matter of just and reasonable inference