550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 268,865 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' "
Holding that, when reviewing a motion to dismiss, courts consider "allegations contained in the complaint, exhibits attached to the complaint and matters of public record"
Holding that "[a]lthough a district court may not consider matters extraneous to the pleadings, a document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint may be considered without converting the motion to dismiss in one for summary judgment"
Holding plaintiff's fraud claims were barred by gist of the action doctrine because the acts "arose in the course of the parties' contractual relationship" and "the fraud claims [were] inextricably intertwined with the contract claims"
Holding that "the 'on track' and 'position us' portions of the [] statements, when read in context, cannot meaningfully be distinguished from the future projection of which they are a part"