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· 10/19/2023

Stephen Patrick Black v. Amy Curtis

How courts have described this case

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  • holding 12 that the pleading standard “demands more than an unadorned, the-defendant-unlawfully- 13 harmed-me accusation”
  • holding 13 that the plausibility standard demands “more than a sheer 14 possibility that a defendant has acted unlawfully”
  • stating that legal conclusions “are not entitled to the assumption of truth” and “must be supported by factual allegations”
  • defining “influence district” as “one in which a minority group can influence the outcome of an election even if its preferred candidate cannot be elected”
  • defining \influence district\ as \one in which a minority group can influence the outcome of an election even if its preferred candidate cannot be elected\
  • summarizing 26 elements of civil rights claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983

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