31 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 261,602 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 274,949 times   368 Legal Analyses
    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
  3. H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.

    492 U.S. 229 (1989)   Cited 3,667 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the continuity prong can be met by showing that related predicate offenses continued over a substantial period of time or posed a threat of continuing activity
  4. United States v. Turkette

    452 U.S. 576 (1981)   Cited 2,741 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a RICO enterprise must exist "separate and apart" from the pattern of racketeering activity
  5. Odom v. Microsoft Corp.

    486 F.3d 541 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 873 times
    Holding that plaintiffs had sufficiently alleged an association-in-fact enterprise of two corporations
  6. Eclectic Properties East, LLC v. Marcus & Millichap Co.

    751 F.3d 990 (9th Cir. 2014)   Cited 469 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that allegations are not plausible unless plaintiffs allege "facts tending to exclude the possibility that the [defendant's] explanation is true."
  7. Grimmett v. Brown

    75 F.3d 506 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 367 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding “error to equate” a situation where “the injury is speculative because it is not known whether it will occur at all” to a situation where “the injury has occurred and is known, but it is speculative whether the damages might be reduced or even eliminated by alternative recovery efforts”
  8. Miranda v. Ponce Federal Bank

    948 F.2d 41 (1st Cir. 1991)   Cited 300 times
    Holding that injury at issue—plaintiff's loss of employment—was not itself direct result of alleged predicate act
  9. Wagh v. Metris Direct, Inc.

    348 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 209 times
    Holding that heightened pleading standards of Fed.R.Civ.P. 9(b) apply to fraud elements of RICO claim
  10. Riverwoods Chappaqua v. Marine Midland Bank

    30 F.3d 339 (2d Cir. 1994)   Cited 262 times
    Holding that an appellate court can affirm a district court's order "on any basis for which there is a record sufficient to permit conclusions of law, including grounds upon which the district court did not rely"
  11. 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 355,868 times   945 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 39,699 times   329 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity
  13. Section 1964 - Civil remedies

    18 U.S.C. § 1964   Cited 6,175 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Granting civil remedies for RICO violation
  14. Section 2314 - Transportation of stolen goods, securities, moneys, fraudulent State tax stamps, or articles used in counterfeiting

    18 U.S.C. § 2314   Cited 3,101 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Criminalizing the transportation, transmission, or transfer of goods "in interstate or foreign commerce"
  15. Section 659 - Interstate or foreign shipments by carrier; State prosecutions

    18 U.S.C. § 659   Cited 937 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Concerning goods stolen from interstate shipments
  16. Section 2315 - Sale or receipt of stolen goods, securities, moneys, or fraudulent State tax stamps

    18 U.S.C. § 2315   Cited 617 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Forbidding the possession, receipt, or sale of of stolen property that has crossed state borders
  17. Section 9A.56.020 - Theft-Definition, defense

    Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.56.020   Cited 468 times
    Defining "theft"
  18. Section 9A.56.030 - Theft in the first degree

    Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.56.030   Cited 253 times
    Setting out "theft in the first degree — other than firearm or motor vehicle"
  19. Section 9A.82.050 - Trafficking in stolen property in the first degree

    Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.82.050   Cited 111 times

    (1) A person who knowingly initiates, organizes, plans, finances, directs, manages, or supervises the theft of property for sale to others, or who knowingly traffics in stolen property, is guilty of trafficking in stolen property in the first degree. (2) Trafficking in stolen property in the first degree is a class B felony. RCW 9A.82.050 2003 c 53 § 86; 2001 c 222 § 8. Prior: 1984 c 270 § 5. Intent-Effective date-2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180. Purpose-Effective date-2001 c 222: See