Tamayo v. Blagojevich

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Plaintiff who alleged non-mutually exclusive alternative motivations for termination beyond discrimination and retaliation did not plead herself out of court
• holding that a complaint must provide allegations that raise a right to relief above the speculative level; otherwise, a plaintiff pleads himself out of court
• holding that an Illinois Gaming Board employee’s report to “a legislative committee responsible for overseeing the [Gaming Board’s] activities” was unprotected First Amendment speech
• holding that allegations that plaintiff \had been subjected to adverse employment actions by Defendant on account of her gender\ was sufficient to state a claim
• holding that “reports by government employees to their superiors concerning alleged wrongdoing in their government office [a]re within the scope of their job duties”
• holding that a motion to dismiss is considered “accepting as true all well-pleaded facts alleged”

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