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7 Massachusetts opinions name it 1 courts 1997–2026 4 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Ashcroft v. Iqbalgreen2 sentences2024Sch., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 482, 485 (2022), quoting Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) ("The plausibility standard is not akin to a 'probability requirement'"). 2016In conducting the “context-specific” inquiry required by the plausibility standard, we must “draw on [our] judicial experience and common sense.” Lopez, supra, quoting from Ashcroft, supra at 679 . | 5 | 6 |
JOHN DOE v. CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.green1 sentence2024Sch., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 482, 485 (2022), quoting Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) ("The plausibility standard is not akin to a 'probability requirement'"). | 1 | 1 |
A.G. Ex Rel. Maddox v. Elsevier, Inc.green1 sentence2016“The critical question is whether the claim, viewed holistically, is made plausible by ‘the cumulative effect of the factual allegations’ contained in the complaint.” A.G. v. Elsevier, Inc., 732 F.3d 77, 82 (1st Cir. 2013), quoting from Ocasio-Hernández v. Fortuño-Burset, 640 F.3d 1, 14 (1st Cir. 2011). 2. | 1 | 1 |
Ocasio-Hernandez v. Fortuno-Bursetgreen1 sentence2016“The critical question is whether the claim, viewed holistically, is made plausible by ‘the cumulative effect of the factual allegations’ contained in the complaint.” A.G. v. Elsevier, Inc., 732 F.3d 77, 82 (1st Cir. 2013), quoting from Ocasio-Hernández v. Fortuño-Burset, 640 F.3d 1, 14 (1st Cir. 2011). 2. | 1 | 1 |
Rodriguez-Reyes v. Molina-Rodriguezgreen2 sentences2016The plausibility standard, as clarified by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, does not require the pleading of specific facts to establish each element *256 of the prima facie case. 11 See Rodriguez-Reyes v. Molina-Rodriguez, 711 F.3d 49, 54 (1st Cir. 2013) (noting that “prima facie [case] is an evidentiary standard, not a pleading standard”). 2016The prima facie elements, however, are relevant “background against which a plausibility determination should be made.” Ibid. a. | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Quinonesgreen1 sentence1997In Quiriones, the defendant had, unlike Pingaro, attempted to obtain a copy of the relevant transcript within a few months after his plea (unsuccessfully, because the stenographer’s car containing her notes of the plea proceeding was stolen), which enhanced the plausibility of his claim that his guilty plea had been the result of coercion and improper advice by his trial counsel, whom he had tried to discharge but was compelled to rely upon at the plea stage because the judge had denied his request for the appointment of new trial counsel. 414 Mass. at 423-424, 436. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Lopez v. Commonwealth
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1 sentence2016In conducting the “context-specific” inquiry required by the plausibility standard, we must “draw on [our] judicial experience and common sense.” Lopez, supra, quoting from Ashcroft, supra at 679 . | 1 | 2016–2016 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.