alternative-explanation
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-1052 | Open Justice Baltimore, et al. v. Baltimore City Law Department, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2025-04-07 | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | alternative-explanation burden-of-proof civil-procedure motion-to-dismiss plausibility-threshold pleading-standard | Whether a defendant who offers a competing alternative explanation for conduct alleged in a plaintiff's complaint bears the burden of showing that the… |
| 20-581 | United States, ex rel. Integra Med Analytics, L.L.C. v. Baylor Scott & White Health, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2020-11-02 | Denied | Response Waived | 3rd-circuit 5th-circuit alternative-explanation alternative-explanations false-claims-act federal-procedure pleading-standards relator statistical-analysis | Whether a relator may use statistical analyses to plausibly allege the submission of false claims under the False Claims Act |