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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 173 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Angela McCullough v. Ernest N. Finley, Jr..

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1 Angela McCullough v. Ernest N. Finley, Jr. Anchor
ca11 · 2018
green “identify conclusory allegations and then discard them-not 'on the ground that they are unrealistic or nonsensical' but because their conclusory nature 'disentitles them to the presumption of truth.” 53
2 Angela McCullough v. Ernest N. Finley, Jr.
ca11 · 2018
green “a plaintiff must plead more than labels and conclusions or a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action.” 49
3 Angela McCullough v. Ernest N. Finley, Jr.
ca11 · 2018
green “to be sure, a plaintiff may use legal conclusions to structure his complaint, but legal conclusions 'must be supported by factual allegations.” 41
4 Keith Ex Rel. Estate of Cook v. DeKalb County
ca11 · 2014
green “the deprivations that constitute widespread abuse sufficient to notify the supervising official must be obvious, flagrant, rampant and of continued duration, rather than isolated occurrences.” 14
5 James Russell Stevens v. Opal Gay
ca11 · 1989
green “the eleventh amendment bars this action against the georgia department of corrections” 8
6 Pelham v. Board of Regents of University System
gactapp · 2013
green “a plaintiff's injury was caused by an assault and battery committed by a third party, the state is immune from suit even if the assault and battery was facilitated by or resulted from the prior negligent performance of a state officer or employee.” 8

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