15 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 265,453 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    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
  3. Conley v. Gibson

    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"
  4. Randall v. Scott

    610 F.3d 701 (11th Cir. 2010)   Cited 1,797 times   1 Legal Analyses
    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"
  5. Marsh v. Butler County

    268 F.3d 1014 (11th Cir. 2001)   Cited 1,569 times
    Holding that a supervisory official "can have no respondeat superior liability for a section 1983 claim."
  6. La Grasta v. First Union Securities, Inc.

    358 F.3d 840 (11th Cir. 2004)   Cited 1,392 times   1 Legal Analyses
    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"
  7. Pielage v. McConnell

    516 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2008)   Cited 1,108 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Noting that "[t]reaties, like statutes, should be construed so that no words are treated as being meaningless, redundant, or mere surplusage."
  8. Patel v. Wargo

    803 F.2d 632 (11th Cir. 1986)   Cited 327 times
    Holding that "[t]he finding of an enterprise is relevant only to the issue of coverage"
  9. Olivas v. a Little Havana Check Cash

    324 F. App'x 839 (11th Cir. 2009)   Cited 38 times
    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
  10. Maldonado v. Alta Healthcare Grp., Inc.

    17 F. Supp. 3d 1181 (M.D. Fla. 2014)   Cited 2 times
    Recognizing Sections 785.21 and 785.22 as interpretive rules
  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 359,986 times   954 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 163,156 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  13. Section 216 - Penalties

    29 U.S.C. § 216   Cited 16,860 times   143 Legal Analyses
    Holding employers liable for “unpaid minimum wages, or their unpaid overtime compensation”
  14. Section 203 - Definitions

    29 U.S.C. § 203   Cited 6,997 times   280 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing that "custom or practice" under a collective-bargaining agreement can make changing clothes noncompensable