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Worldwide Directories, S.A. De C.V. et al v. Yahoo! Inc. et al

MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 64 MOTION to Dismiss - Defendants Baker & McKenzie LLP and Baker & McKenzie S.C.'s Notice of Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint.

85 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 263,477 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 276,716 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

  3. Foman v. Davis

    371 U.S. 178 (1962)   Cited 29,475 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an appeal was improperly dismissed when the record as a whole — including a timely but incomplete notice of appeal and a premature but complete notice — revealed the orders petitioner sought to appeal

  4. H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.

    492 U.S. 229 (1989)   Cited 3,674 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

  5. Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.

    561 U.S. 247 (2010)   Cited 1,499 times   178 Legal Analyses
    Holding extraterritorial application of a statute is a merits question, not a question of subject matter jurisdiction

  6. Kyllo v. United States

    533 U.S. 27 (2001)   Cited 1,646 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the use of thermal imaging technology can constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment

  7. Boyle v. United States

    556 U.S. 938 (2009)   Cited 1,170 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a RICO enterprise "need not have a hierarchical structure or a 'chain of command'; decisions may be made on an ad hoc basis and by any number of methods — by majority vote, consensus, a show of strength, etc."

  8. Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indem. Co.

    553 U.S. 639 (2008)   Cited 1,129 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that bidders at a county tax-lien auction plausibly alleged RICO proximate causation when they lost to a competing bidder who lied to the county about complying with the auction's rules

  9. Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corp.

    503 U.S. 258 (1992)   Cited 1,689 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) could not recover under RICO for stock-manipulation scheme that bankrupted broker-dealers, triggering a statutory requirement that SIPC meet the broker-dealers' obligations to their customers

  10. Brown v. Board of Education

    347 U.S. 483 (1954)   Cited 2,663 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place"

  11. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 162,084 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

  12. Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 15   Cited 93,795 times   92 Legal Analyses
    Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint

  13. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 39,880 times   331 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

  14. Section 1962 - Prohibited activities

    18 U.S.C. § 1962   Cited 16,178 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Specifying prohibited activities

  15. Section 1961 - Definitions

    18 U.S.C. § 1961   Cited 15,154 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include

  16. Section 1341 - Frauds and swindles

    18 U.S.C. § 1341   Cited 13,619 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Relating to mail fraud

  17. Section 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television

    18 U.S.C. § 1343   Cited 12,414 times   173 Legal Analyses
    Barring fraudulent schemes "for obtaining money or property"

  18. Section 1951 - Interference with commerce by threats or violence

    18 U.S.C. § 1951   Cited 11,921 times   51 Legal Analyses
    Defining extortion in ACCA as “the obtaining of something of value from another, with his consent, induced by the wrongful use or threatened use of force against the person or property of another ”

  19. Section 1956 - Laundering of monetary instruments

    18 U.S.C. § 1956   Cited 9,603 times   144 Legal Analyses
    Defining “specified unlawful activity” to include, inter alia, controlled substance violations, murder, bribery, smuggling, various forms of fraud, concealment of assets, various environmental offenses, and health care offenses

  20. Section 1964 - Civil remedies

    18 U.S.C. § 1964   Cited 6,197 times   43 Legal Analyses
    Granting civil remedies for RICO violation