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9 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 1,884 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd..

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1 Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd. Anchor
scotus · 2007
green “documents incorporated into the complaint by reference, and matters of which a court may take judicial notice.” 471
2 Schuchardt v. President of the United States
ca3 · 2016
green “presumption of truth attaches only to those allegations for which there is sufficient factual matter to render them plausible on their face.” 291
3 Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd.
scotus · 2007
green “courts must consider the complaint in its entirety, as well as other sources courts ordinarily examine when ruling on rule 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss, in particular, documents incorporated into the complaint by reference, and matters of which a court may take judicial notice.” 266
4 Renee Palakovic v. John Wetzel
ca3 · 2017
green “a claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.” 211
5 Chambers v. Time Warner
ca2 · 2002
green “deemed to include any written instrument attached to it as an exhibit, . . . documents incorporated in it by reference,” 143
6 Sec. Investor Prot. Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Inv. Sec. LLC
nysb · 2018
green “by its terms, the safe harbor is a defense to the avoidance of the initial transfer.” 134
7 Sec. Investor Prot. Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Inv. Sec. LLC
nysb · 2018
green “to plead a subsequent transfer claim, the trustee must plead that the initial transfer is avoidable, and the defendant is a subsequent transferee of that initial transferee, that is, that the funds at issue originated with the debtor.” 127
8 In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
ca2 · 2014
green “the clawback defendants, having every reason to believe that blmis was actually engaged in the business of effecting securities transactions, have every right to avail themselves of all the protections afforded to the clients of stockbrokers, including the protection offered by …” 122
9 Morse v. Lower Merion School District
ca3 · 1997
green “need not credit a complaint's 'bald assertions' or 'legal conclusions' . . . .” 119

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