30 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 255,027 times   280 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 268,773 times   367 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. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Services

    436 U.S. 658 (1978)   Cited 67,562 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "local government ... are 'persons'" for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1983
  4. Board of Comm'rs of Bryan County v. Brown

    520 U.S. 397 (1997)   Cited 12,278 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a "high degree of predictability may also support an inference of causation—that the municipality's indifference led directly to the very consequence that was so predictable"
  5. Mathews v. Eldridge

    424 U.S. 319 (1976)   Cited 15,806 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a procedure based on written submissions was adequate because it included safeguards against mistake including that the agency informed the recipient of its tentative assessment and the evidence supporting it and an opportunity was then afforded the recipient to submit additional evidence "enabling him to challenge directly the accuracy of information in his file as well as the correctness of the agency's tentative conclusions"
  6. Oklahoma City v. Tuttle

    471 U.S. 808 (1985)   Cited 5,937 times
    Holding inadequate training is "far more nebulous, and a good deal further removed from the constitutional violation, than was the policy in Monell"
  7. Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano

    563 U.S. 2011 (2011)   Cited 1,348 times   57 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiffs had adequately pled a Rule 10b–5 claim—where defendant had disputed the sufficiency of the allegations with respect to the elements of scienter and materiality—by alleging that defendant had forestalled a stock price drop by making affirmative statements confirming the market's impression that defendant's leading product was safe, despite defendant's awareness of evidence suggesting a significant risk that the nasal spray led to loss of sense of smell; when the risk was finally (belatedly) disclosed, the stock price plummeted
  8. Armstrong v. Manzo

    380 U.S. 545 (1965)   Cited 2,558 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that failure to give proper notice violates "the rudimentary demands of due process of law"
  9. Bolling v. Sharpe

    347 U.S. 497 (1954)   Cited 1,876 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the District of Columbia's maintenance of segregated schools violated the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause
  10. Brown v. Brody

    199 F.3d 446 (D.C. Cir. 1999)   Cited 658 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that lateral transfer or the denial thereof, without more, does not constitute an adverse employment action
  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 490,089 times   693 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
  12. 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 348,309 times   929 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  13. Section 2000e-5 - Enforcement provisions

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5   Cited 26,970 times   124 Legal Analyses
    Holding charges must be made in writing, under oath, and contain all information as the Commission requires
  14. Section 12111 - Definitions

    42 U.S.C. § 12111   Cited 8,048 times   60 Legal Analyses
    Adopting the definition of "person" in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e for purposes of Title I of the ADA
  15. Section 12131 - Definitions

    42 U.S.C. § 12131   Cited 5,156 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Defining discrimination to include the failure to provide "reasonable accommodations"