Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 273,590 times 368 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
Colorado River Water Cons. Dist. v. U.S.
424 U.S. 800 (1976) Cited 8,286 times 13 Legal AnalysesHolding that, in limited circumstances, federal courts should abstain from deciding a case when there are related proceedings pending in state court
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Service Co.
499 U.S. 340 (1991) Cited 3,470 times 45 Legal AnalysesHolding "it is beyond dispute that compilations of facts are within the subject matter of copyright" even though "copyright protects only the author's original contributions—not the facts or information conveyed"
Landis v. North American Co.
299 U.S. 248 (1936) Cited 8,463 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that a decision to stay proceedings "calls for the exercise of judgment, which must weigh competing interests and maintain an even balance"
Iqbal v. Hasty
490 F.3d 143 (2d Cir. 2007) Cited 1,832 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that Twombly's plausibility standard "obliges a pleader to amplify a claim with some factual allegations in those contexts where such amplification is needed to render the claim plausible"
Roth v. Jennings
489 F.3d 499 (2d Cir. 2007) Cited 1,420 timesHolding that dismissal of a Section 16 suit for disgorgement of short-swing profits was unjustified when there were allegations that a loan had been made to a borrower in furtherance of an agreement between the lender and the borrower "to work together to effect a change of control or similar transaction involving [the company whose shares were purchased with the borrowed money]"
Kirch v. Liberty Media Corp.
449 F.3d 388 (2d Cir. 2006) Cited 507 timesHolding that plaintiffs failed to allege actual breach where plaintiff nowhere asserted that third party actually breached a contract, and refusing to infer from plaintiff's claims that third party “abandoned” and “walked away” from a deal that third party “violated the terms of a contract with [plaintiff] when it did so”
Wall Street Transcript Corp. v. Wainwright Securities, Inc.
434 U.S. 1014 (1978) Cited 332 timesFinding that an amended complaint only supersedes the original complaint when it is effectively served
Kosakow v. New Rochelle Radiology Associates
274 F.3d 706 (2d Cir. 2001) Cited 503 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that reasonable factfinder could conclude setting up and testing X-ray processing machine was integral and indispensable because machine must be in its ready-to-use state for patients arriving at start of day
National Basketball Assoc. v. Motorola, Inc.
105 F.3d 841 (2d Cir. 1997) Cited 291 times 11 Legal AnalysesHolding that state law commercial misappropriation claim brought by the NBA against pager service that delivered real-time game scores was preempted, because the allegations supporting the NBA's claim were "virtually synonymous [with] wrongful copying and are in no meaningful fashion distinguishable from infringement of a copyright"
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 AnalysesGranting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 160,289 times 196 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 Cited 92,835 times 91 Legal AnalysesFinding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint