550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 268,629 times 366 Legal Analyses
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' "
Holding that plaintiff could not bring common-law contract claim where the alleged implied contractual term reflected the provisions of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, which did not provide a private right of action
Holding there is no "law of the district" and that "the doctrine of stare decisis does not compel one district court judge to follow the decision of another"
Granting motion for protective order to prevent deposition of former vice president of defendant corporation who had no first-hand knowledge of plaintiff's mortgage and individual with such knowledge was already deposed
15 U.S.C. § 1692 Cited 15,037 times 139 Legal Analyses
Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"
Fed. R. Civ. P. 19 Cited 9,572 times 55 Legal Analyses
Holding a person must be joined if disposing the action in the person's absence may leave an existing party subject to a "substantial" risk of incurring inconsistent obligations