Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

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' "

Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

Holding that absent a reservation of jurisdiction in the stipulated dismissal order, federal courts lack jurisdiction to consider enforcement of a settlement agreement

Fed. Deposit Ins. v. Meyer

Holding a Bivens claim does not lie against federal agencies because, if damages claims were permitted against federal agencies, "there would be no reason for aggrieved parties to bring damages actions against individual officers" and thus "the deterrent effects of the Bivens remedy would be lost"

United States v. Gaubert

Holding that the discretionary function exception only protects actions “grounded in the policy of the regulatory regime”

Berkovitz v. United States

Holding that there is no choice to be protected by the discretionary function exception when a "federal statute, regulation, or policy specifically prescribes a course of action for an employee to follow"

Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Com

Holding that "an alien unlawfully in this country has no constitutional right to assert selective enforcement as a defense against his deportation"

United States v. Testan

Holding that Back Pay Act does not provide a remedy for misclassified federal employees

United States v. Varig Airlines

Holding that the FAA's alleged negligence in failing to check certain specific items in the course of certificating a specific aircraft as part of a spot-check program involved “calculated risks” but fell “squarely within the discretionary function exception”

Safe Air for Everyone v. Meyer

Holding residue generated from the cultivation of bluegrass was not discarded because, among other things, it was reused "in a continuous process of growing and harvesting Kentucky bluegrass seeds, the generating industry"

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

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

Section 1252 - Judicial review of orders of removal

Holding court had no jurisdiction to review "any judgment regarding the granting of relief under section . . . 1229b"

Section 2671 - Definitions

Defining "[e]mployee of the government" for purposes of the FTCA as "officers or employees of any federal agency "

Section 2680 - Exceptions

Concluding that claims for injurious falsehoods, disparagement of property, slander of goods, or trade libel are claims arising out of libel or slander under the FTCA

Section 1986 - Action for neglect to prevent

Setting a 1-year statute of limitations

Section 1226 - Apprehension and detention of aliens

Ruling that no court may set aside an immigration judge's "discretionary judgment any action or decision . . . regarding the detention or release of any alien or the grant, revocation, or denial of bond or parole"

Section 1357 - Powers of immigration officers and employees

Granting immigration enforcement authority to state or local government officials in a formal agreement with a state or local government.

Section 2672 - Administrative adjustment of claims

Granting the Attorney General authority to promulgate regulations

Section 287.7 - Detainer provisions under section 287(d)(3) of the Act

Stating that detainers serve "the purpose of arresting and removing the alien"

Section 287.2 - Disposition of criminal cases