30 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. Johnson v. City of Shelby

    574 U.S. 10 (2014)   Cited 3,114 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding plaintiffs must plead facts, not theories
  4. Moss v. U.S. Secret Service

    572 F.3d 962 (9th Cir. 2009)   Cited 8,832 times
    Holding that the court lacked jurisdiction over the district court's deferral of the summary judgment motion
  5. Central Hudson Gas Elec. v. Public Serv. Comm'n

    447 U.S. 557 (1980)   Cited 2,067 times   105 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a restriction on commercial speech must directly advance a substantial governmental interest
  6. City Council v. Taxpayers for Vincent

    466 U.S. 789 (1984)   Cited 1,757 times
    Holding that a ban on posting signs on public property could permissibly prevent speakers "from communicating with the public in a certain manner"
  7. Franklin v. Murphy

    745 F.2d 1221 (9th Cir. 1984)   Cited 9,196 times
    Holding that district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to appoint replacement counsel
  8. Hibbs v. Winn

    542 U.S. 88 (2004)   Cited 586 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[b]ecause [28 U.S.C.] § 2101(c)'s 90-day limit [for petition for certiorari] had not yet expired, the clock could still be reset"
  9. Mendiondo v. Centinela

    521 F.3d 1097 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 1,998 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the heightened pleading requirements of Rule 9(b) do not apply
  10. Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego

    453 U.S. 490 (1981)   Cited 1,036 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that traffic safety is a "substantial governmental goal"
  11. 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 354,229 times   943 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. 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. . . ."