| 23-764 |
Facebook, Inc. v. Rosemarie Vargas, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii-standing circuit-conflict circuit-split civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction Iqbal judicial-procedure ninth-circuit-precedent plausibility plausibility-standard standing Twombly |
Does the Twombly-Iqbal plausibility standard apply to a plaintiff's allegations of Article III standing? |
| 23-412 |
Seneca Lovett Engel v. Derek Engel, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-statute conspiracy-claim due-process federal-rules-procedure iqbal judicial-review motion-to-dismiss pleading-standard pleading-standards twombly |
Whether claims for conspiracy under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(8) and § 1983 are sufficiently stated under Fed. Rule Civ. P. 8(2) |
| 22-573 |
BRFHH Shreveport LLC, dba University Health Shreveport v. Willis-Knighton Medical Center, dba Willis-Knighton Health System |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
antitrust-law circuit-split motion-to-dismiss plausibility-standard pleading-standards rule-12(b)(6) section-1 sherman-act twombly |
May a Section 1 claim be dismissed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), consistent with Twombly, based on evidence suggesting an alternative, non-con… |
| 22-89 |
Michelle M. Newbauer v. Carnival Corporation, dba Carnival Cruise Line |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure eleventh-circuit federal-rules iqbal iqbal-standard notice-pleading pleading pleading-standards rule-8 twombly twombly-standard |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit required an unnecessary and unrealistic level of detail in pleading factual allegations supporting a facially plausible c… |
| 22-5124 |
Michael Jerrial Ibenyenwa v. Elroddrock B. Wells, Sr., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process frivolous frivolous-claims in-forma-pauperis pleadings prisoner-plaintiff qualified-immunity twombly |
Whether a defendant sufficiently and properly invokes a qualified immunity defense in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights action lawsuit through broad and g… |
| 21-1518 |
BYD Company Ltd. v. Vice Media LLC |
Second Circuit |
2022-06-02 |
Denied |
|
actual-malice defamation discovery-rights first-amendment iqbal pleading-standard public-figure twombly |
Whether Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal sub silentio overturned the balance struck in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan and its prog… |
| 21-963 |
Neil McNaughton v. Eric Adams, Mayor of the City of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-01-04 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process erickson-precedent federal-courts federal-procedure judicial-accountability judicial-reasoning pleadings pro-se-pleading standing twombly twombly-plausibility |
Does the persistent misapplication of the Twombly plausibility test by Federal judges invariably lead to a violation of this Court's mandate in Ericks… |
| 21-280 |
Amy Harrison v. Kevin Lilly, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure frcp-12(b)(6) iqbal judicial-review motion-to-dismiss plausibility-standard pleadings pleadings-stage standard-of-review twombly |
Whether the District Court and the Court of Appeals failed to follow the well-settled standard for a motion to dismiss under FRCP 12(b)(6) and dismiss… |
| 20-1350 |
Go New York Tours, Inc. v. Gray Line New York Tours, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anticompetitive-conduct antitrust antitrust-conspiracy circumstantial-evidence civil-procedure parallel-conduct pleading-standards plus-factors section-1 sherman-act twombly |
Whether a plaintiff must allege evidence of 'plus factors' in addition to parallel anticompetitive conduct to plead an antitrust conspiracy under Sect… |
| 19-1249 |
Phyllis Davis v. Echo Valley Condominium Association, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-04-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure fair-housing-act federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice-pleading pleading-standards state-law summary-judgment twombly |
Whether the liberal notice pleading standard under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a) and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) ceases… |
| 19-784 |
University of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Jennifer Sweda, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
breach-of-duty civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty investment-options iqbal pleading-standard twombly twombly-standard |
Whether Twombly's pleading standard governs breach of fiduciary duty claims under ERISA |
| 18-1448 |
Glasswall Solutions Limited, et al. v. Clearswift Ltd. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-05-20 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 berkheimer berkheimer-standard conclusory-legal-assertions federal-circuit patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 patent-infringement patent-specification pleading presumption-of-validity rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 twombly |
Whether the claimed invention improves computer function by eliminating a then-conventional method |
| 18-934 |
Cynthia Prosterman, et al. v. American Airlines Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
antitrust-enforcement antitrust-pleading civil-procedure combination-conspiracy due-process pleading-standards rule-12b6 sherman-act twombly twombly-standard |
Should this Court clarify its decision in Twombly to settle § 1 'combination or conspiracy' pleading standards? |
| 18-582 |
Stephen Yagman v. Michael J. Colello |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-05 |
Denied |
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anti-SLAPP civil-procedure federal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure iqbal rules-enabling-act supreme-court-precedent twombly |
Whether a state anti-SLAPP statute can be used to dismiss a claim in federal court when its application is contrary to the Rules Enabling Act, Federal… |
| 18-5741 |
George O. Riley v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure common-law constitutional-interpretation judicial-rulemaking motion-to-dismiss pleading-standard pleading-standards rules-enabling-act seventh-amendment twombly |
Whether the heightened pleading standard adopted in Tellabs/Twombly/Iqbal violates the Seventh Amendment to The United States Constitution by defying … |