9 Cited authorities

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
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
AT&T Techs., Inc. v. Commc'ns Workers of Am.
475 U.S. 643 (1986) Cited 5,443 times 24 Legal Analyses
Holding that it was for the court to decide whether a particular labor dispute fell within the arbitration clause of a collective-bargaining agreement
Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co.
388 U.S. 395 (1967) Cited 2,971 times 21 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts are the proper forum to evaluate a challenge to the validity of an arbitration clause, but that where the entire agreement of which an arbitration clause is but a part is challenged, such evaluation is properly left to the arbitrator
Jackson v. Hayakawa
682 F.2d 1344 (9th Cir. 1982) Cited 678 times
Holding that the Regents is "considered to be an instrumentalit[y] of the state, and therefore enjoy the same immunity as the state of California."
Ace Am. Ins. Co. v. Huntsman Corp.
255 F.R.D. 179 (S.D. Tex. 2008) Cited 54 times 1 Legal Analyses
Opining the plaintiffs’ "have alleged a concrete injury--that they are being deprived of their contractual right to arbitrate--and that this injury is caused by [the defendants’] refusal to arbitrate under the Reinsurance Certificates’ dispute-resolution provisions."
Axa Equitable Life Ins. Co. v. Infinity Fin. Grp., LLC
608 F. Supp. 2d 1330 (S.D. Fla. 2009) Cited 10 times
Stating that “[c]hoice of law provisions can be waived where the parties fail to raise the issue with the Court either by objection or by failing to cite to the law provided for in the choice of law provision.”
Hires Parts Service, Inc. v. NCR Corp.
859 F. Supp. 349 (N.D. Ind. 1994) Cited 10 times
Civ. No. 1:94cv102. August 5, 1994. Eric E. Snouffer, Snouffer and Snouffer, Fort Wayne, IN, Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Mark Griffin, Keller, Rohrback, Seattle, WA, Donald L. Perelman, Melinda L. deLisle, Jeffrey S. Istvan, Fine Kaplan and Black, Philadelphia, PA, John W. Boyd, Joseph Goldberg, Freedman Boyd Daniels Peifer, Hollander Guttman Goldberg, Albuquerque, NM, for plaintiff. Robert E. Connolly, O'Dowd Wyneken and Connolly, Fort Wayne, IN, for defendant. ORDER WILLIAM C. LEE, District Judge. This
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,753 times 16 Legal Analyses
Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system

Sussex et al v. Turnberry/MGM Grand Towers, LLC et al

9 Cited authorities

Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

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

Holding that it was for the court to decide whether a particular labor dispute fell within the arbitration clause of a collective-bargaining agreement

Holding that courts are the proper forum to evaluate a challenge to the validity of an arbitration clause, but that where the entire agreement of which an arbitration clause is but a part is challenged, such evaluation is properly left to the arbitrator

Holding that the Regents is "considered to be an instrumentalit[y] of the state, and therefore enjoy the same immunity as the state of California."

Opining the plaintiffs’ "have alleged a concrete injury--that they are being deprived of their contractual right to arbitrate--and that this injury is caused by [the defendants’] refusal to arbitrate under the Reinsurance Certificates’ dispute-resolution provisions."

Stating that “[c]hoice of law provisions can be waived where the parties fail to raise the issue with the Court either by objection or by failing to cite to the law provided for in the choice of law provision.”

Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system