Legal Opinion
García-Catalán v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 4, 2013No. 12-1907PublishedCited by 389 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In a pair of watershed cases —Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009), and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 556, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007) — the Supreme Court retreated from the historic pleading standard that it had previously established in Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 45-48, 78 S.Ct. 99, 2 L.Ed.2d 80 (1957), and replaced that standard with a standard centered on plausibility. This plausibility standard has become the “new normal” in federal civil practice. A.G. v. Elsevier, Inc., 732 F.3d 77, 78-79, 2013…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination UnitSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Ocasio-Hernandez v. Fortuno-BursetCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
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3Cited by389 opinions
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- Parker v. LandryCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2019
- Ricchio v. McLeanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017
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