11 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 260,142 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 273,590 times   368 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. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    509 U.S. 579 (1993)   Cited 26,767 times   231 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a trial judge must ensure that all admitted expert testimony "is not only relevant, but reliable"
  4. Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife

    504 U.S. 555 (1992)   Cited 28,570 times   141 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"
  5. MedellÍn v. Texas

    552 U.S. 491 (2008)   Cited 496 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that President George W. Bush's memorandum in response to an international court's decision was "not a rule of domestic law binding in state and federal courts"
  6. Ciralsky v. C.I.A

    355 F.3d 661 (D.C. Cir. 2004)   Cited 1,058 times
    Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint under Rule 8 where "there was nothing about that dismissal that would have barred the plaintiff from correcting the complaint's defects," "[t]he amended complaint could certainly have stood further shortening," and such revision "would not have reduced [the plaintiff's] chances of success on the merits, as the evidentiary detail in the initial complaint was plainly not necessary for the case's survival"
  7. Edye v. Robertson

    112 U.S. 580 (1884)   Cited 360 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a per-head charge imposed on ship owners that brought immigrants to American was a processing fee or mitigation charge, and not a tax
  8. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 160,289 times   196 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  9. Rule 702 - Testimony by Expert Witnesses

    Fed. R. Evid. 702   Cited 27,237 times   273 Legal Analyses
    Adopting the Daubert standard
  10. Section 1965 - Venue and process

    18 U.S.C. § 1965   Cited 750 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Providing for special RICO venue
  11. Section 53 - Copies of documents and statements to be filed

    N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 53   Cited 4 times

    Every existing membership corporation, and every existing unincorporated association having a membership of twenty or more persons, which corporation or association requires an oath as a prerequisite or condition of membership, other than a labor union, a fraternity or sorority having chapters composed only of students in or alumni of colleges and universities in this and another state or states, or a chapter of such fraternity or sorority, or a benevolent order mentioned in the benevolent orders