16 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 262,570 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 275,856 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. Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola Co.

    578 F.3d 1252 (11th Cir. 2009)   Cited 1,185 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint fails to state a claim unless the well-pled factual allegations of the complaint nudge the claims across the line from conceivable to plausible
  4. Vega v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.

    564 F.3d 1256 (11th Cir. 2009)   Cited 827 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that to prove the existence of a contract, a plaintiff must plead, among other things, "sufficient specification of the essential terms."
  5. Aldana v. Del Monte Fresh Produce, N.A.

    416 F.3d 1242 (11th Cir. 2005)   Cited 504 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “the [TVPA] reaches those who ordered, abetted, or assisted in the wrongful act”
  6. St. Joe Corporation v. McIver

    875 So. 2d 375 (Fla. 2004)   Cited 174 times
    Applying Florida law
  7. J.J. Gumberg Co. v. Janis Services, Inc.

    847 So. 2d 1048 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)   Cited 80 times
    Holding that a claim for breach of contract requires evidence of a material breach
  8. Bland v. Freightliner, LLC

    206 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (M.D. Fla. 2002)   Cited 57 times
    Denying the defendant's motion to dismiss the plaintiff's rescission claim where the plaintiff pled the defects in the product as the reason for the lack of a legal remedy and where the defendant refused the plaintiff's repeated requests to remedy the defects
  9. Sulkin v. All Florida Pain Management

    932 So. 2d 485 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)   Cited 15 times

    No. 4D05-2528. June 14, 2006. Appeal from the Circuit Court, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Dorian K. Damoorgian, J. Randy A. Fleischer of Law Offices of Randy A. Fleischer, P.A., Davie, for appellant. Marc A. Wites and Alejandro Perez of Wites Kapetan, P.A., Lighthouse Point, for appellee. POLEN, J. Dr. Valery Sulkin, M.D., appeals an order granting appellee's, All Florida Pain Management, Inc. (hereinafter "AFPM"), summary judgment motion as to Sulkin's counterclaim and an order

  10. Pineda v. PRC, LLC

    CASE NUMBER: 1:11-CV-20894-JLK (S.D. Fla. Jul. 22, 2011)   Cited 6 times
    Dismissing breach-of-contract claim where there were "no allegations . . . regarding offer [or] acceptance"
  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 356,916 times   947 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 161,536 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."