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' "

Parratt v. Taylor

Holding that a negligent prison official, in mishandling and losing a prisoner's mail, had effectuated a due process violation, but that the state's availability of a postdeprivation tort remedy cured the violation

Moss v. U.S. Secret Service

Holding that the court lacked jurisdiction over the district court's deferral of the summary judgment motion

Printz v. United States

Holding unconstitutional a statute obligating state law enforcement officers to implement a federal gun-control law

Lazy Y Ranch Ltd. v. Behrens

Holding that a class-based equal protection claim arises when the "law is applied in a discriminatory manner or imposes different burdens on different classes of people"

Clegg v. Cult Awareness Network

Holding that a national organization was not sufficiently connected to a "place" open to the public

In re Silicon Graphics Inc.

Holding that stock sales of individual defendants are only indicative of scienter where they are "dramatically out of line with prior trading practices" (quoting In re Apple Computer Sec. Litig., 886 F.2d 1109, 1117 (9th Cir. 1989))

Marder v. Lopez

Holding courts may consider on a motion pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b) extrinsic documents if the complaint refers to the document; the document is central to the plaintiff's claim; and no party questions the authenticity of the [document proffered]”

Zelig v. County of Los Angeles

Finding public entity could not be liable under respondeat superior because the plaintiff had failed to allege that the public employees were engaged in conduct within the scope of employment that would render the public employee liable to the plaintiff

Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

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 815.2 - When public entity liable

Imposing vicarious liability on public entities for the tortious acts and omissions of their employees

Section 820.2 - Immunity

Establishing immunity for discretionary acts

Section 3333 - Breach of obligation not arising from contract

Defining damages "[f]or the breach of an obligation not arising from contract" as "the amount which will compensate for all the detriment proximately caused thereby ..."

Section 815.6 - Failure to discharge duty imposed by mandatory enactment

Authorizing public entity liability for injuries caused by violations of "a mandatory duty imposed by an enactment that is designed to protect against the risk of particular kind of injury"

Section 1373 - Communication between government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service

Prohibiting federal, state, and local governments from prohibiting or restricting agencies abilities to sending or exchanging information regarding individuals' immigration status

Section 818.2 - Adoption or failure to adopt enactment, failure to enforce law

Section 845.8 - Injuries resulting from parole or release, escape, resisting arrest

Explaining that "[n]either a public entity nor a public employee is liable for [a]ny injury resulting from determining whether to parole or release a prisoner or from determining the terms and conditions of his parole or release or from determining whether to revoke his parole or release."

Section 846 - Failure to arrest or retain arrested person