31 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 253,484 times 279 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
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 267,331 times 365 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' "
Papasan v. Allain
478 U.S. 265 (1986) Cited 16,702 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that Ex parte Young would not support a suit against a state for ongoing liability for an alleged past breach of trust, since "continuing payment of the income from the lost corpus is essentially equivalent in economic terms to a one-time restoration of the lost corpus itself"
United Black Firefighters of Norfolk v. Hirst
604 F.2d 844 (4th Cir. 1979) Cited 1,376 times
Holding that the court need not accept unsupported or conclusory factual allegations devoid of any reference to actual events
Philip Morris Incorporated v. Angeletti
358 Md. 689 (Md. 2000) Cited 284 times
Holding that reliance was another issue unique to each class member, adding weight to the predominance of individual over common questions
Jacques v. First Nat'l Bank
307 Md. 527 (Md. 1986) Cited 412 times
Holding that a bank owed a duty of care to vulnerable loan applicants
Martin Marietta Corp. v. Intelsat
991 F.2d 94 (4th Cir. 1992) Cited 216 times
Finding no authority for plaintiff's claim for negligent misrepresentation when plaintiff's theory "rest[ed] on statements made after the parties reached their contract"
Sass v. Andrew
152 Md. App. 406 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2003) Cited 153 times
Concluding that it is the jury's responsibility, when a witness insists he did not execute a document, to assess the witness's credibility and resolve the factual dispute as to whether he signed the documents
Nails v. S R
334 Md. 398 (Md. 1994) Cited 186 times
Holding that to establish the reliance element of a fraud claim, the plaintiff must show at a minimum that "the misrepresentation substantially induced the plaintiff to act"
Chubb & Son v. C & C Complete Services, LLC
919 F. Supp. 2d 666 (D. Md. 2013) Cited 108 times
Explaining that dismissal of the plaintiffs' civil conspiracy claim “does not preclude [the plaintiffs] from relying on a civil conspiracy theory to hold [individual defendants] liable if [the plaintiffs] manage to state a cognizable fraud claim”
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 346,675 times 923 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters
Fed. R. Civ. P. 9 Cited 38,974 times 317 Legal Analyses
Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

The Highlands at Greenspring Quarry Village Assoc., Inc. v. Beazer Homes Corp.

31 Cited authorities

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

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' "

Holding that Ex parte Young would not support a suit against a state for ongoing liability for an alleged past breach of trust, since "continuing payment of the income from the lost corpus is essentially equivalent in economic terms to a one-time restoration of the lost corpus itself"

Holding that the court need not accept unsupported or conclusory factual allegations devoid of any reference to actual events

Holding that reliance was another issue unique to each class member, adding weight to the predominance of individual over common questions

Holding that a bank owed a duty of care to vulnerable loan applicants

Finding no authority for plaintiff's claim for negligent misrepresentation when plaintiff's theory "rest[ed] on statements made after the parties reached their contract"

Concluding that it is the jury's responsibility, when a witness insists he did not execute a document, to assess the witness's credibility and resolve the factual dispute as to whether he signed the documents

Holding that to establish the reliance element of a fraud claim, the plaintiff must show at a minimum that "the misrepresentation substantially induced the plaintiff to act"

Explaining that dismissal of the plaintiffs' civil conspiracy claim “does not preclude [the plaintiffs] from relying on a civil conspiracy theory to hold [individual defendants] liable if [the plaintiffs] manage to state a cognizable fraud claim”

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"