40 Cited authorities

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 266,697 times 365 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' "
Pearson v. Callahan
555 U.S. 223 (2009) Cited 22,510 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that a court may, without deciding whether there was a constitutional violation, look to the question of whether that right was "clearly established"
Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd
563 U.S. 731 (2011) Cited 8,966 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that, to be clearly established, "existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debate"
Harlow v. Fitzgerald
457 U.S. 800 (1982) Cited 31,499 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that public officials are entitled to a "qualified immunity" from "liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established . . . rights of which a reasonable person would have known"
Bell v. Wolfish
441 U.S. 520 (1979) Cited 17,408 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding that a "prohibition against receipt of hardback books unless mailed directly from publishers, book clubs, or bookstores does not violate the First Amendment rights of MCC inmates"
Gerstein v. Pugh
420 U.S. 103 (1975) Cited 4,607 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Fourth Amendment requires a judicial determination of probable cause as a prerequisite to any extended restraint on liberty following an arrest
United States v. Morrison
449 U.S. 361 (1981) Cited 1,118 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[c]ases involving Sixth Amendment deprivations are subject to the general rule that remedies should be tailored to the injury suffered from the constitutional violation"
Sykes v. Anderson
625 F.3d 294 (6th Cir. 2010) Cited 975 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that "the Defendants have waived [their qualified immunity] claim by failing to raise the matter in their Rule 50 motion prior to the district court's submission of the case to the jury"
Singer v. Fulton County Sheriff
63 F.3d 110 (2d Cir. 1995) Cited 1,710 times
Holding that a store clerk's description of an incident of shoplifting supported a finding of probable cause
Gregory v. City of Louisville
444 F.3d 725 (6th Cir. 2006) Cited 1,104 times
Holding that this Court may entertain an interlocutory appeal of a denial of qualified immunity "[o]nly to the extent that a summary judgment order denies qualified immunity based on a pure issue of law"
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 345,981 times 922 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Solomon v. Dookhan et al

40 Cited authorities

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' "

Holding that a court may, without deciding whether there was a constitutional violation, look to the question of whether that right was "clearly established"

Holding that, to be clearly established, "existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debate"

Holding that public officials are entitled to a "qualified immunity" from "liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established . . . rights of which a reasonable person would have known"

Holding that a "prohibition against receipt of hardback books unless mailed directly from publishers, book clubs, or bookstores does not violate the First Amendment rights of MCC inmates"

Holding that the Fourth Amendment requires a judicial determination of probable cause as a prerequisite to any extended restraint on liberty following an arrest

Holding that "[c]ases involving Sixth Amendment deprivations are subject to the general rule that remedies should be tailored to the injury suffered from the constitutional violation"

Holding that "the Defendants have waived [their qualified immunity] claim by failing to raise the matter in their Rule 50 motion prior to the district court's submission of the case to the jury"

Holding that a store clerk's description of an incident of shoplifting supported a finding of probable cause

Holding that this Court may entertain an interlocutory appeal of a denial of qualified immunity "[o]nly to the extent that a summary judgment order denies qualified immunity based on a pure issue of law"

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