528 U.S. 167 (2000) Cited 7,204 times 25 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiffs who curtailed their recreational activities on a river due to reasonable concerns about the effect of pollutant discharges into that river had standing
454 U.S. 235 (1981) Cited 4,752 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that potential change in law cannot, by itself, fend off dismissal under forum non conveniens absent showing that new law is "clearly inadequate or unsatisfactory"
Holding that foreign plaintiff's forum choice given "greater deference ... to the extent that it was motivated by legitimate reasons, including the plaintiff's convenience"
472 U.S. 299 (1985) Cited 366 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that in pari delicto would not prevent defrauded tippee from bringing suit against defrauding tipper, at least absent further inquiry into “relative culpabilities” of tippee and tipper
28 U.S.C. § 1367 Cited 62,220 times 78 Legal Analyses
Holding that in civil actions proceeding in federal court based solely on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the district court "shall not have supplemental jurisdiction" over "claims by plaintiffs against persons made parties under Rule . . . 24" or "over claims by persons . . seeking to intervene as plaintiffs under Rule 24," if "exercising supplemental jurisdiction over such claims would be inconsistent with the jurisdictional requirements of section 1332"
Distinguishing between application of state law in the presence of federal statute, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure enacted pursuant to the Rules Enabling Act, and judge-made federal rule whose applicability is affected by the Rules of Decision Act
Del. Code tit. 10 § 8106 Cited 846 times 12 Legal Analyses
Specifying causes of action subject to 3-year statute of limitations as including "action to recover damages caused by an injury unaccompanied with force or resulting indirectly from the act of the defendant"
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 366.2 Cited 156 times 3 Legal Analyses
Providing a one-year statute of limitations for a surviving action against a deceased person and stating that the period "shall not be tolled or extended for any reason" except as specified in the statute
Del. Code tit. 10 § 8118 Cited 113 times 3 Legal Analyses
Providing that "[i]f in any action duly commenced within the [applicable statute of limitations] . . . the writ is abated, or the action otherwise avoided or defeated . . . for any matter of form . . . a new action may be commenced, for the same cause of action, at any time within one year. . . ."