Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly

Justice Stevens,

with whom

Justice Ginsburg joins except as to Part IV, dissenting.

In the first paragraph of its 23-page opinion the Court states that the question to be decided is whether allegations that “major telecommunications providers engaged in certain *571parallel conduct unfavorable to competition” suffice to state a violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act. Ante, at 548-549. The answer to that question has been settled for more than 50 years. If that were indeed the issue, a summary reversal citing Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp., 346 U. S. 537 (1954), would…