550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 278,987 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
Holding that a 9-month lapse between the plaintiff's protected activity and the defendant's alleged adverse decision was too large to create an inference of a causal nexus
Finding that a jury could find that an employer had negligently hired and trained a bouncer based on evidence available to the employer that the bouncer had been engaged in multiple fights prior to being hired
Defining "racketeering activity" to include, in addition to certain specific federal crimes, specified crimes "chargeable under State law and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year"