74 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 266,691 times 281 Legal Analyses
Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 279,746 times 369 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
Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins
578 U.S. 330 (2016) Cited 8,179 times 444 Legal Analyses
Holding that a statutory violation, without more, did not give rise to Article III standing
Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife
504 U.S. 555 (1992) Cited 29,194 times 144 Legal Analyses
Holding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"
Steel Co. v. Citizens for Better Env't
523 U.S. 83 (1998) Cited 11,252 times 15 Legal Analyses
Holding that the federal courts lacked jurisdiction because "none of the relief sought by respondent would likely remedy its alleged injury in fact"
Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l USA
568 U.S. 398 (2013) Cited 3,361 times 169 Legal Analyses
Holding that, in the absence of some independent existing or impending harm, plaintiffs "cannot manufacture standing merely by inflicting harm on themselves"
Allen v. Wright
468 U.S. 737 (1984) Cited 4,883 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that, even when plaintiffs allege "one of the most serious injuries recognized in our legal system," it's not justiciable where "the chain of causation between the challenged Government conduct and the asserted injury are far too weak for the chain as a whole to sustain respondents' standing"
Hollingsworth v. Perry
570 U.S. 693 (2013) Cited 1,016 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that proponents of a ballot initiative who "ha[d] no role ... in the enforcement of " the initiative and were not "agents of the State" lacked standing to defend it on appeal
Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
552 U.S. 148 (2008) Cited 1,218 times 80 Legal Analyses
Holding that the fraud-on-the-market presumption did not apply because business partners' "deceptive acts were not communicated to the public"
Roberts v. United States Jaycees
468 U.S. 609 (1984) Cited 2,054 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that infringement of the right to associate "may be justified by regulations adopted to serve compelling state interests, unrelated to the suppression of ideas, that cannot be achieved through means significantly less restrictive of associational freedoms"
Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 163,831 times 197 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
Rule 23 - Class Actions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 36,209 times 1254 Legal Analyses
Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"
Section 2 - Judicial Power and Jurisdiction
U.S. Const. art. III, § 2 Cited 11,137 times 4 Legal Analyses
Granting federal courts power only to resolve “cases” and “controversies”
Section Amendment I - Religion and Expression
U.S. Const. amend. I Cited 7,402 times 3 Legal Analyses
Recognizing the "right to petition the Government for redress of grievances"

Wilding et al v. DNC Services Corporation et al

74 Cited authorities

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

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

Holding that a statutory violation, without more, did not give rise to Article III standing

Holding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"

Holding that the federal courts lacked jurisdiction because "none of the relief sought by respondent would likely remedy its alleged injury in fact"

Holding that, in the absence of some independent existing or impending harm, plaintiffs "cannot manufacture standing merely by inflicting harm on themselves"

Holding that proponents of a ballot initiative who "ha[d] no role ... in the enforcement of " the initiative and were not "agents of the State" lacked standing to defend it on appeal

Holding that the fraud-on-the-market presumption did not apply because business partners' "deceptive acts were not communicated to the public"

Holding that infringement of the right to associate "may be justified by regulations adopted to serve compelling state interests, unrelated to the suppression of ideas, that cannot be achieved through means significantly less restrictive of associational freedoms"

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"

Granting federal courts power only to resolve “cases” and “controversies”

Recognizing the "right to petition the Government for redress of grievances"