Ashcroft v. Iqbal

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

Fed. Deposit Ins. v. Meyer

Holding a Bivens claim does not lie against federal agencies because, if damages claims were permitted against federal agencies, "there would be no reason for aggrieved parties to bring damages actions against individual officers" and thus "the deterrent effects of the Bivens remedy would be lost"

Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents

Holding that there is an implied cause of action for money damages against federal officials for violations of the Fourth Amendment

United States v. Gaubert

Holding that the discretionary function exception only protects actions “grounded in the policy of the regulatory regime”

Macharia v. U.S.

Holding that FTCA foreign country exception applied to injuries occurring at a United States embassy

Jewish Hospital Ass'n of Louisville, Kentucky, Inc. v. Stewart Mechanical Enterprises, Inc.

Holding that the purpose of the jurisdictional requirement for suit that claim be first presented to the appropriate administrative agency is to permit administrative consideration of and settlement of claims and to avoid unnecessary litigation

Transmission Access Policy Study Group v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Upholding FERC's 1996 reform orders

Federal Deposit Ins. v. Citizens Bank Trust

Holding that "sue-and-be-sued authority [of the FDIC] does not permit suit outside [the Federal Tort Claims Act] for torts excepted from the coverage of that Act."

Barry v. McShares, Inc.

Macharia v. U.S.

Holding "[d]ecisions regarding how much safety equipment should be provided to a particular embassy, how much training should be given to guards and embassy employees, and the amount of security-related guidance that should be provided necessarily entails balancing competing demands for funds and resources" are exactly the type of discretionary functions Congress had in mind

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"

Rule 10 - Form of Pleadings

Holding exhibits attached to complaint may be treated as part of complaint for purposes of ruling on 12(b) motion

Section 2671 - Definitions

Defining "[e]mployee of the government" for purposes of the FTCA as "officers or employees of any federal agency "

Section 1631 - Transfer to cure want of jurisdiction

Granting courts authority to transfer action to court with proper jurisdiction

Section 2680 - Exceptions

Concluding that claims for injurious falsehoods, disparagement of property, slander of goods, or trade libel are claims arising out of libel or slander under the FTCA

Rule 7 - Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers

Defining "pleadings" for purposes of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Section 2679 - Exclusiveness of remedy

Granting tort immunity to federal agency employees

Section 1491 - Claims against United States generally; actions involving Tennessee Valley Authority

Adopting the standard in 5 U.S.C. § 706