Cftc v. Monex Credit Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that courts 19 may “consider an affirmative defense on a motion to dismiss when there is some 20 obvious bar to securing relief on the face of the complaint” (internal quotation marks 21 removed)
• noting importance of distinction 23 between a claim element and an affirmative defense “because Rule 8 does not require plaintiffs to 24 plead around affirmative defenses”
• “Rule 8 does not require plaintiffs to plead around affirmative defenses.” (citing Jones, 549 U.S. at 216)
• “[D]ismissal based on an affirmative defense is permitted when the complaint establishes the defense”
• “[D]ismissal based on an affirmative defense is permitted when the complaint establishes the defense”
• “Rule 8 does not require plaintiffs to plead around affirmative defenses.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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7 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Ninth Circuit· 2024-01-11· cited 83×
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  Ninth Circuit· 2023-04-11· cited 2×
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  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2021-06-01
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  Ninth Circuit· 2024-09-12
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Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Jones v. Bock
  Supreme Court· 2007-01-22· cited 10,443×
• Skidmore v. Swift & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1944-12-04· cited 4,567×
• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain
  Supreme Court· 1992-03-09· cited 3,104×
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2001-02-27· cited 1,439×
• Chiarella v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-18· cited 1,089×
• Vess v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. USA
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-01-31· cited 720×
• Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 2012-05-21· cited 575×
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Dabit
  Supreme Court· 2006-03-21· cited 550×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Zandford
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-03· cited 406×
• De Sylva v. Ballentine
  Supreme Court· 1956-06-11· cited 393×
• United States v. Woods
  Supreme Court· 2013-12-03· cited 317×
• ASARCO, LLC v. Union Pacific Railroad
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-08-27· cited 301×
• J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2001-12-10· cited 254×
• United States v. First City National Bank of Houston
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 234×
• Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-19· cited 194×
• Sarmad Syed v. M-I, LLC
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-01-20· cited 151×
• Lawson v. FMR LLC
  Supreme Court· 2014-03-04· cited 144×
• Fayelynn Sams v. Yahoo! Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-04-15· cited 95×