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Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
United States Supreme Court
Key Holding
An antitrust complaint must allege enough facts to state a claim for relief that is plausible on its face, not merely a possibility that the defendant acted unlawfully.
Case Summary
Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly retired the old Conley v. Gibson "no set of facts" pleading standard and replaced it with a plausibility requirement, fundamentally reshaping federal civil pleading practice by requiring that complaints plead factual allegations sufficient to suggest the existence of a claim.