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· 2/10/2012

Schatz v. Republican State Leadership Committee

Citations

  • 669 F.3d 50
  • 40 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1417
  • 2012 WL 414264
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 2653

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that when handling a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, courts must “isolate and ignore statements in the complaint that simply offer legal labels and conclusions or merely rehash cause-of-action elements.”
  • noting that the court may consider, on a motion to dismiss, documents attached to or incorporated into the complaint
  • concluding that courts may only consider complaint’s non- conclusory and non-speculative facts
  • stating that a court may “isolate and ignore statements in the complaint that simply offer legal labels and conclusions or merely rehash cause-of-action elements”
  • stating that a court may “isolate and ignore statements in the complaint that simply offer legal labels and conclusions or merely rehash cause-of-action elements”
  • stating that a court may “isolate and ignore statements in the complaint that simply offer legal labels and conclusions or merely rehash cause-of-action elements”

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Judges: Lynch, Howard, Thompson

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