Topic: the well-pleaded facts in the complaint as true. · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 111 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 Brewster McCauley v. City of Chicag.

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1 Brewster McCauley v. City of Chicag Anchor
ca7 · 2011
green “the well-pleaded facts in the complaint as true.” 64
2 Thomas Chapman v. Yellow Cab Cooperative
ca7 · 2017
green “it is enough to plead a plausible claim, after which a plaintiff receives the benefit of imagination, so long as the hypotheses are consistent with the complaint.” 24
3 Christopher Bilek v. Federal Insurance Company
ca7 · 2021
green “but it need not supply the specifics required at the summary judgment stage.” 23

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