Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding 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

Roth v. Jennings

Holding 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]"

Brass v. American Film Technologies, Inc.

Holding that district courts may make use of "documents either in plaintiffs' possession or of which plaintiffs had knowledge and relied on in bringing suit" in evaluating Rule 12(b) motions

Eternity Global Master Fund Ltd. v. Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.

Holding that, to state a breach of contract claim, a plaintiff must allege, inter alia, "the existence of an agreement, . . . breach of contract by the defendant"

Gregory v. Daly

Holding that a supervisor's "depriving [plaintiff] of necessary training," among other things, if proven, "establish[ed] that plaintiff was required to endure an environment that objectively was severely and pervasively hostile"

Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.Com, Inc.

Holding that an online image search index was "highly transformative"

Island Software Computer v. Microsoft

Holding that a district court is “entitled to take judicial notice of . . . federal copyright registrations, as published in the Copyright Office's registry”

Twin Peaks Productions v. Publications Intern

Holding that book containing detailed synopses of episodes of television show "Twin Peaks" would, absent a fair use defense, infringe copyright on television show

U.S. v. Daccarett

Holding that "an EFT while it takes the form of a bank credit at an intermediary bank is clearly a seizable res under the forfeiture statutes."

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

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

Rule 1 - Scope and Purpose

Recognizing the federal rules of civil procedure should be employed to promote the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding"

Section 106 - Exclusive rights in copyrighted works

Granting the owners of copyrights in “literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works” the exclusive right “to display the copyrighted work publicly”

Section 983 - General rules for civil forfeiture proceedings

Noting that for purposes of the innocent owner defense to civil forfeiture, "no person may assert an ownership interest under this subsection in contraband or other property that it is illegal to possess"

Section 506 - Criminal offenses

Criminalizing fraudulent use of copyright notice

Section 2319 - Criminal infringement of a copyright

Relating to criminal infringement of a copyright

Section 2323 - Forfeiture, destruction, and restitution

Authorizing criminal forfeiture of property or proceeds related to a § 2320 offense, under the procedures outlined in 21 U.S.C. 853

Section 2319B - Unauthorized recording of Motion pictures in a Motion picture exhibition facility