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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 506 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 Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly.

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1 Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly Anchor
scotus · 2007
green “factual allegations must be enough to raise a right to relief above the speculative level.” 277
2 Eloy Rojas Mamani v. Jose Carlos Sanchez Berzain
ca11 · 2011
green “legal conclusions without adequate factual support are entitled to no assumption of truth.” 9
3 Prakazrel Michel v. NYP Holdings, Inc.
ca11 · 2016
green “a claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.” 6
4 Joseph Chhim v. University of Texas at Austin
ca5 · 2016
green “although chhim did not have to submit evidence to establish a prima facie case of discrimination at this stage, he had to plead sufficient facts on all of the ultimate elements of a disparate treatment claim to make his case plausible.” 6
5 Ramos v. City of Chicago
ilnd · 1989
green “lleging six incidents of police brutality over a ten year period in a city as large as chicago with a police force in excess of 10,000 members is unremarkable, and in no way indicates a policy or custom.” 3

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