75 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 251,597 times   279 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 265,563 times   364 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. BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore

    517 U.S. 559 (1996)   Cited 2,845 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a $2 million punitive damages award was "grossly excessive" and therefore exceeded the constitutional limit
  4. Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corp.

    503 U.S. 258 (1992)   Cited 1,662 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
  5. Oshana v. Coca-Cola Co.

    472 F.3d 506 (7th Cir. 2006)   Cited 820 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the typicality requirement was not satisfied where the plaintiff's proposed class "include[d] people who knew fountain Diet Coke contained saccharin and bought it anyway" when the plaintiff "claim[ed] she was deceived and injured"
  6. Rubio v. Capital One Bank

    613 F.3d 1195 (9th Cir. 2010)   Cited 400 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that closing a credit card account and losing the credit extended by the bank and/or keeping an account open and accepting a higher APR would result in economic injury sufficient for UCL standing
  7. Chaset v. Fleer/Skybox International, LP

    300 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 2002)   Cited 425 times
    Holding no "injury to property" under RICO
  8. Yeftich v. Navistar, Inc.

    722 F.3d 911 (7th Cir. 2013)   Cited 294 times
    Finding that the complaint "lacks the factual specificity required to state a plausible breach-of-fair-representation claim"
  9. Peterson v. Cellco Partnership

    164 Cal.App.4th 1583 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008)   Cited 308 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiffs who challenged sales commissions on insurance policies but did not allege that "they could have bought the same insurance for a lower price either directly from the insurer or from a licensed agent" could not "show they suffered actual economic injury"
  10. Hall v. Time Inc.

    158 Cal.App.4th 847 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008)   Cited 256 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a plaintiff has standing under the UCL "only if he or she 'has suffered injury in fact,' and 'has lost money or property as a result of the unfair competition'"
  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 344,659 times   920 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 17,794 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices
  13. Section 815 ILCS 505/1

    815 ILCS 505/1   Cited 2,166 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Defining "consumer" as "any person who purchases or contracts for the purchase of merchandise not for resale in the ordinary course of his trade or business but for his use or that of a member of his household"
  14. Section 815 ILCS 505/2

    815 ILCS 505/2   Cited 1,384 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting "[u]nfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices"
  15. Section 319 - Lottery defined

    Cal. Pen. Code § 319   Cited 63 times
    Regarding lotteries
  16. Section 330b - Unlawful manufacture or operation of slot machine or device

    Cal. Pen. Code § 330b   Cited 45 times   8 Legal Analyses

    (a) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, repair, own, store, possess, sell, rent, lease, let on shares, lend or give away, transport, or expose for sale or lease, or to offer to repair, sell, rent, lease, let on shares, lend or give away, or permit the operation, placement, maintenance, or keeping of, in any place, room, space, or building owned, leased, or occupied, managed, or controlled by that person, any slot machine or device, as defined in this section. It is unlawful for any person

  17. Section 320 - Unlawful acts related to a lottery

    Cal. Pen. Code § 320   Cited 24 times

    Every person who contrives, prepares, sets up, proposes, or draws any lottery, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Ca. Pen. Code § 320 Enacted 1872.

  18. Section 720 ILCS 5/28-8 - Gambling losses recoverable

    720 ILCS 5/28-8   Cited 19 times   4 Legal Analyses

    (a) Any person who by gambling shall lose to any other person, any sum of money or thing of value, amounting to the sum of $50 or more and shall pay or deliver the same or any part thereof, may sue for and recover the money or other thing of value, so lost and paid or delivered, in a civil action against the winner thereof, with costs, in the circuit court. No person who accepts from another person for transmission, and transmits, either in his own name or in the name of such other person, any order

  19. Section 432.203 - Casino gaming authorized

    Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.203   Cited 13 times

    (1) Casino gaming is authorized to the extent that it is conducted in accordance with this act. (2) Except as provided in subsection (5), this act does not apply to any of the following: (a) The pari-mutuel system of wagering used or intended to be used in connection with race meetings as authorized under the horse racing law of 1995, 1995 PA 279, MCL 431.301 to 431.336. (b) Lottery games authorized under the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432.1 to 432.47. (c) Bingo

  20. Section 321 - Unlawful furnishing of ticket

    Cal. Pen. Code § 321   Cited 13 times

    Every person who sells, gives, or in any manner whatever, furnishes or transfers to or for any other person any ticket, chance, share, or interest, or any paper, certificate, or instrument purporting or understood to be or to represent any ticket, chance, share, or interest in, or depending upon the event of any lottery, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Ca. Pen. Code § 321 Enacted 1872.