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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 169 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 Brooks v. Ross.

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1 Brooks v. Ross Anchor
ca7 · 2009
green “need not accept as true legal conclusions, or threadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements.” 98
2 Ronald Olson v. Champaign County, Illinois
ca7 · 2015
green “more than a sheer possibility that a defendant has acted unlawfully.” 30
3 Osama Taha v. International Brotherhood of T
ca7 · 2020
green “construe the complaint in the light most favorable to plaintiff, accept all well-pleaded facts as true, and draw reasonable inferences in plaintiff's favor.” 15
4 Laura Kubiak v. City of Chicago
ca7 · 2016
green “accept as true all of the well- pleaded facts in the complaint and draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the plaintiff.” 12
5 Peter Enger v. Chicago Carriage Cab Corp.
ca7 · 2016
green “if it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff could prove no set of facts in support of his claim that would entitle him to the relief requested.” 11
6 Crawford v. Belhaven Realty LLC
illappct · 2018
green “because parties typically enter into contracts to benefit themselves rather than third parties, there is a presumption against intended beneficiary status that can only be overcome by an implication so strong as to be practically an express declaration.” 3

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