Vanhoose v. Wheeler

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• explaining that courts have authority to dismiss a duplicative claim that alleges the same facts and injury as another claim
• noting that claims that duplicative claims are those “that require proof of essentially the same elements”
• noting that, in Illinois, “an absolute privilege when making statements that are reasonably related to the official’s job responsibilities … provides complete immunity from civil action”
• noting, in the context of statements reasonably related to an of‐ ficial’s job responsibilities, that absolute privilege provides complete im‐ munity from suit
• “Courts have authority to dismiss duplicative claims if they allege the same facts and the same injury.”
• “Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(d)(2) permits alternative pleading, but requires the pleader to use a formulation from which it can be reasonably inferred that the pleader is indeed pleading in the alternative.”

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