Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

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' "

Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Unionplanters Bank

Holding that § 1109(b) was "by its terms inapplicable" in case which had been "converted from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7"

In re Burlington Coat Factory

Holding that a court may consider a "document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint" when deciding a motion to dismiss

Ruotolo v. City of N.Y

Holding that a party seeking to amend pursuant to a Rule 59 or Rule 60 motion "must first have the judgment vacated or set aside" under those Rules

Xiao Ji Chen v. United States Department of Justice

Holding that determination of the weight of evidence is largely a matter of agency discretion

Key Tronic Corp. v. United States

Holding that “the award of monetary damages ... to fund a future clean-up of ... property violate CERCLA” because § 113(g) provides that under § 107 the remedy for future response costs is a declaratory judgment

Schindler Elevator v. U.S. ex Rel. Kirk

Holding that the relator stated an FCA claim where the contractor “filed false ... reports, necessarily knowing that they were false because [it] in fact had no mechanism in place to identify covered [individuals]. It did so in order to procure contracts and obtain payment under existing contracts, as it could do neither without filing the reports.”

Novak v. Kasaks

Holding section 78u-4(b) does not literally require pleading of all facts, so long as facts pleaded provide adequate basis for believing statements were false

Rombach v. Chang

Holding that complaint may establish scienter through facts showing that defendants "had both motive and opportunity to commit fraud"

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

Section 78j - Manipulative and deceptive devices

Granting SEC power to establish rules to further statute forbidding manipulative or deceptive devices in connection with purchase or sale of securities

Section 78t - Liability of controlling persons and persons who aid and abet violations

Holding liable any person "who, directly or indirectly, controls any person liable under any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation thereunder"

Section 77q - Fraudulent interstate transactions

Prohibiting the use of "any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud" in connection with the offer or sale of any security

Section 78c - Definitions and application

Exempting certain "note" with maturities of less than nine months from the definition of "security" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Section 77t - Injunctions and prosecution of offenses

Granting the SEC the power to seek civil penalties for violations of the Securities Act

Section 78m - Periodical and other reports

Authorizing Commission to adopt disclosure requirements for certain repurchases of securities by issuer

Section 77c - Classes of securities under this subchapter

Exempting state-issued securities from federal securities laws

Section 1723a - General powers of Government National Mortgage Association and Federal National Mortgage Association

Granting Fannie Mae power to "lease purchase, or acquire any property, real personal, or mixed" and to "do all things as are necessary or incidental to the proper management of its affairs and to the proper conduct of its business"

Section 1716 - Declaration of purposes of subchapter

Limiting Fannie Mae’s purpose to the secondary market for residential mortgages

Section 240.10b-5 - Employment of manipulative and deceptive devices

Holding liable any person who "make any untrue statement of material fact"

Section 81.12 - Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Goal