SM Kids, LLC v. Google LLC

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that on a “motion under Rule 12(b)(1)[,] [courts] may also rely on evidence beyond the pleadings”
• stating that a litigant’s “threshold” argument that an assignment is not valid does not call into question the “justiciability of the dispute” but rather raises the issue of whether the plaintiff states a claim for relief
• “[F]ederal courts should not treat statutory provisions as jurisdictional thresholds when they do not speak in jurisdictional terms.”
• the Second Circuit has cautioned against attempts to conflate whether the plaintiff has standing with whether the plaintiff states a claim
• “The Supreme Court has confirmed that a challenge does not implicate Article III standing when it ‘simply presents a straightforward issue of contract interpretation.’”
• “We have cautioned against arguments that would essentially collapse the standing inquiry into the merits . . . .” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Second Circuit· 2023-05-19· cited 54×
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  Ninth Circuit· 2021-11-18· cited 27×
• In Re: Clinton Nurseries
  Second Circuit· 2021-05-24
• FASORP v. New York University
  Second Circuit· 2021-08-25
• Domain Protc v. Sea Wasp
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-01-13
• In Re Clinton Nurseries
  Second Circuit· 2022-11-10
• Phx. Light SF Ltd. v. Bank of N.Y. Mellon Phx. Light SF DAC v. Bank of N.
  Second Circuit· 2023-04-26
• Hee K. Cho and Min S. Cho v. Alupang Beach Club, Inc. and Steven Kasperbauer
  Supreme Court of Guam· 2025-09-04
• DirecTV, LLC v. Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2025-12-16
• Kellogg v. Nichols
  Second Circuit· 2026-03-05

Cites

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

• Warth v. Seldin
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-25· cited 10,875×
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-04· cited 10,096×
• Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-24· cited 2,939×
• Natalia Makarova v. United States
  Second Circuit· 2000-01-12· cited 2,790×
• Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2014-03-25· cited 2,704×
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-24· cited 2,590×
• Perry v. Thomas
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-15· cited 1,187×
• Carter v. HealthPort Technologies, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2016-05-10· cited 941×
• Baur v. Veneman
  Second Circuit· 2003-12-16· cited 286×
• Lerner v. Fleet Bank, N.A.
  Second Circuit· 2003-01-22· cited 253×
• Kreisler v. Second Avenue Diner Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2013-09-25· cited 246×
• Angel Hernandez v. Conriv Realty Associates
  Second Circuit· 1999-06-18· cited 176×
• Cross Commerce Media, Inc. v. Collective, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2016-11-07· cited 134×
• La Quinta Worldwide LLC v. Q.R.T.M., S.A. De C.V.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-08-06· cited 92×
• Dhinsa v. Krueger
  Second Circuit· 2019-02-20· cited 89×
• Rocky Mountain Helium, LLC v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2016-11-16· cited 66×
• Cornhusker Casualty Company v. Skaj
  Tenth Circuit· 2015-05-18· cited 65×
• United States v. Cambio Exacto, S.A.
  Second Circuit· 1999-02-02· cited 48×
• Fusi v. O'Brien
  First Circuit· 2010-09-16· cited 44×
• United States v. Prado
  Second Circuit· 2019-08-05· cited 25×