31 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 252,544 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
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 266,461 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' "
  3. United States v. Bestfoods

    524 U.S. 51 (1998)   Cited 1,416 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that ownership and control is insufficient to demonstrate an alter-ego relationship
  4. Doe v. Unocal Corp.

    248 F.3d 915 (9th Cir. 2001)   Cited 932 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding "court may consider evidence" on motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)
  5. Neilson v. Union Bank of California, N.A.

    290 F. Supp. 2d 1101 (C.D. Cal. 2003)   Cited 689 times
    Holding that plaintiffs could prevail if they could prove at trial that certain transfers made pursuant to a Ponzi scheme were made within the limitations period of California's UFTA
  6. Kendall v. Visa

    518 F.3d 1042 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 575 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that leave to amend would be futile where plaintiff was granted leave to amend once before and the amended complaint contained the same deficiencies as the prior complaint
  7. DM Research, Inc. v. Coll. of Am. Pathologists

    170 F.3d 53 (1st Cir. 1999)   Cited 247 times
    Holding that discovery was not warranted at the motion to dismiss stage
  8. In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation

    586 F. Supp. 2d 1109 (N.D. Cal. 2008)   Cited 116 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the District of Columbia's consumer protection statute is a "comprehensive statute designed to provide procedures and remedies for a broad spectrum of practices which injure consumers", and thus, the plaintiffs could maintain a claim for price fixing (quoting Atwater v. District of Columbia Dep't of Consumer & Reg. Affairs, 566 A.2d 462, 465 (D.C. 1989) )
  9. Name.Space, Inc. v. Internet Corp.

    795 F.3d 1124 (9th Cir. 2015)   Cited 64 times
    Holding that because the plaintiff failed to state an antitrust violation, trademark claim, or other unlawful act, it also failed to state an unfair business practices claim under California law
  10. Gerritsen v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

    116 F. Supp. 3d 1104 (C.D. Cal. 2015)   Cited 63 times
    Holding it “improper” for a plaintiff to assert an unpled theory of liability in an opposition to a motion to dismiss
  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 345,715 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Section 1 - Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty

    15 U.S.C. § 1   Cited 2,902 times   66 Legal Analyses
    Making illegal "[e]very contract, combination ..., or conspiracy, in restraint of trade"