Lane v. Pena

Holding that any waiver of "sovereign immunity must be unequivocally expressed in statutory text" and "will be strictly construed, in terms of its scope, in favor of the sovereign"

United States v. Mitchell

Holding that "the Tucker Act effects a waiver of sovereign immunity" and observing that "the existence of consent [to be sued] is a prerequisite for jurisdiction"

United States v. Nordic Village, Inc.

Holding that the existence of "plausible" interpretations that would not permit recovery "is enough to establish that a reading imposing monetary liability on the Government is not ‘unambiguous' and therefore should not be adopted"

Mullane v. Central Hanover Tr. Co.

Holding that due process requires a hearing "appropriate to the nature of the case"

United States v. Mitchell

Holding that the United States does not have a specific fiduciary obligation to manage timber resources on allotted lands, held in trust for Indian-allotees

U.S. v. Ritchie

Holding that a court may consider "certain materials—documents attached to the complaint, documents incorporated by reference in the complaint, or matters of judicial notice—without converting the motion to dismiss into a motion for summary judgment"

United States v. National Bank of Commerce

Holding that the IRS may place a lien on joint bank accounts for delinquent federal income taxes owed by only one of the persons whose name is on the joint account

Okoro v. Callaghan

Holding that Heck directs that a state inmate "making a collateral attack on [the basis for his incarceration] . . . may not do that in a civil suit, other than a suit under the habeas corpus statute"

EC Term of Years Trust v. United States

Holding that later statute governs in event of conflict

U.S. v. Park Place Associates

Explaining that the Tucker Act waives the government’s sovereign immunity in the Court of Federal Claims for claims arising under the statute in excess of $10,000, but does not also waive sovereign immunity where such claims are brought in federal district court

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

Section 362 - Automatic stay

Concluding that cause exists to lift the stay because no bankruptcy purpose would be served by keeping the stay in place

Rule 201 - Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts

Holding "[n]ormally, in deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, courts must limit their inquiry to the facts stated in the complaint and the documents either attached to or incorporated in the complaint. However, courts may also consider matters of which they may take judicial notice."

Section 2201 - Creation of remedy

Granting district courts the authority to create a remedy with the force of a final judgment

Section 1346 - United States as defendant

Determining liability to the claimant "in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred"

Section 727 - Discharge

Finding that debtor had "actually intended to hinder and delay a creditor"

Section 105 - Power of court

Granting the court powers as appropriate to carry out the Code

Section 2401 - Time for commencing action against United States

Establishing that an FTCA claim must be brought in writing to the relevant agency within two years after accrual of the claim

Section 6213 - Restrictions applicable to deficiencies; petition to Tax Court

Relating to unpaid taxes attributable to a deficiency

Section 542 - Turnover of property to the estate

Governing turnover of property of the estate

Section 301.6343-2 - Return of wrongfully levied upon property

Section 301.6532-3 - Periods of limitation on suits by persons other than taxpayers