Legal Opinion
Twombly v. Bell Atlantic Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 3, 2005No. Docket No. 03-9213PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge.
In an amended complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the plaintiffs allege that the defendant telecommunications providers1 conspired not to compete against one another in their respective geographic markets for local telephone and high-speed Internet services, and to prevent competitors from entering those markets, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. At the time the complaint was filed, Section 1 provided:
Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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