Legal Opinion

American Dental Assoc. v. Cigna Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided May 14, 2010No. 09-12033PublishedCited by 777 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUBINA, Chief Judge:

The question presented in this appeal is whether, under Fed.R.Civ.P. 9(b) and the pleading standard recently articulated by the Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007) and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, -— U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009), Plaintiffs/Appellants (“Plaintiffs”) have sufficiently pled factual allegations in their RICO complaint to survive a motion to dismiss. After reviewing the briefs and record and having the benefit of oral argument, we affirm the district court order dismissing the complaint.

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2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Sandra Jackson v. BellSouth TelecommunicationsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by777 opinions

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