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Ashcroft v. Iqbal: let's bash this TTT

Shit like this decision will haunt us more than the Japanese...
thriller self-absorbed marketing idea
  02/04/12
(1L)
wine pit
  02/04/12
...
Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station
  02/04/12
Um obviously.
thriller self-absorbed marketing idea
  02/04/12
okay well you're an idiot and you're wrong
Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station
  02/04/12
I'm just trying to please slim_shady_man with a law-related ...
thriller self-absorbed marketing idea
  02/04/12
Twombly?
chrome vibrant roast beef coldplay fan
  02/04/12
Iqbal applies Twobley's reasoning to non anti-trust contexts...
arousing lilac temple personal credit line
  02/04/12
(dood who got b+ in civpro)
Provocative Clown Trailer Park
  02/04/12
district judges either put a bunch of stock in it or none at...
arousing lilac temple personal credit line
  02/04/12
this. Its impact has been somewhat blunted by the way some c...
wine pit
  02/04/12
there's a bunch of empirical papers that have confirmed twom...
brass senate
  02/04/12
A steaming pile of shit is what it is.
Mind-boggling shrine
  02/04/12
(TTT plaintiff's attorney)
arousing lilac temple personal credit line
  02/04/12
(fucking idiot knee jerk neocon with no perspective on the c...
Mind-boggling shrine
  02/04/12
(guy who wants to drive costs up with meritless discovery)
Bateful Bearded Ape Multi-billionaire
  02/04/12
180
Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station
  02/04/12
Fucking LOL. Show me the "costs of litigation" as...
Mind-boggling shrine
  02/04/12
wow, dood are you actually arguing that meritless discovery ...
amethyst slippery brunch potus
  02/05/12
strike "citizens" and replace with "shithead ...
Plum adventurous space
  02/05/12
So if the compl had said "on oct 19, 2001, Mr Ashcroft ...
Stimulating autistic native partner
  02/04/12
that would be implausible
Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station
  02/04/12
...
Mind-boggling shrine
  02/04/12
but it really would be
Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station
  02/04/12
tyft
Mind-boggling shrine
  02/04/12
I meh'd, but then I lol'd.
thriller self-absorbed marketing idea
  02/04/12
well seriously, the allegation was that ashcroft used 9/11 a...
Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station
  02/04/12
*strokes chin*
thriller self-absorbed marketing idea
  02/05/12
Greetings, LET THE EAGLE SORE
godawful shaky codepig
  02/05/12
to be fair, the iqbal and towmbly decisions aren't new and h...
Provocative Clown Trailer Park
  02/04/12
nah this was all caused by that cunt dioguardi
Plum adventurous space
  02/05/12
As courts never took Conley literally anyway, it's a fucking...
buff center circlehead
  02/04/12
...
Plum adventurous space
  02/05/12
Gives me more 12(b)(6) motions to write, and therefore more ...
Aphrodisiac scourge upon the earth halford
  02/05/12
Win on 12(b)(6) --> no discovery --> less billables.
Up-to-no-good Liquid Oxygen Market
  02/05/12
Just do dismiss without prejudice and refile the complaint, ...
Aphrodisiac scourge upon the earth halford
  02/05/12
This. It always surprises me that the partner and client th...
Fishy motley dilemma shitlib
  02/05/12
could a court ever dismiss with prejudice at that stage?
arousing lilac temple personal credit line
  02/05/12
im not a civil litigator but isnt it supposed to "narro...
sexy blathering turdskin crotch
  02/05/12
Clerk on d.ct. and you'll love Twombly/Iqbal. The only crit...
rambunctious flirting base background story
  02/05/12
PWN PWN PWN
Plum adventurous space
  02/05/12
Does your judge use Twombly/Iqbal to fuck over Plaintiffs by...
fragrant harsh stead
  02/05/12
He'd only be fucking them over if he knew their complaints s...
rambunctious flirting base background story
  02/05/12
Does your Judge--when reviewing the initial complaint filed ...
fragrant harsh stead
  02/05/12
why the fuck do you constantly ask this
arousing lilac temple personal credit line
  02/05/12
If we had a conversation about a complaint before an MTD was...
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  02/05/12
BUT BUT BUT i thought conservatives LOVED fishing expedition...
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  02/05/12


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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:25 PM
Author: thriller self-absorbed marketing idea

Shit like this decision will haunt us more than the Japanese internment camps.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897753)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:25 PM
Author: wine pit

(1L)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897760)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:26 PM
Author: Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897768)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:27 PM
Author: thriller self-absorbed marketing idea

Um obviously.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897777)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:27 PM
Author: Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station

okay well you're an idiot and you're wrong

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897778)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:30 PM
Author: thriller self-absorbed marketing idea

I'm just trying to please slim_shady_man with a law-related thread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897797)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:26 PM
Author: chrome vibrant roast beef coldplay fan

Twombly?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897770)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:28 PM
Author: arousing lilac temple personal credit line

Iqbal applies Twobley's reasoning to non anti-trust contexts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897785)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:43 PM
Author: Provocative Clown Trailer Park

(dood who got b+ in civpro)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897905)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:28 PM
Author: arousing lilac temple personal credit line

district judges either put a bunch of stock in it or none at all

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897779)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:29 PM
Author: wine pit

this. Its impact has been somewhat blunted by the way some courts actually apply it.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897788)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:55 PM
Author: brass senate

there's a bunch of empirical papers that have confirmed twombly/iqbal are basically only statistically relevant in discovery-heavy cases.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19898006)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:28 PM
Author: Mind-boggling shrine

A steaming pile of shit is what it is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897786)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:32 PM
Author: arousing lilac temple personal credit line

(TTT plaintiff's attorney)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897812)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:34 PM
Author: Mind-boggling shrine

(fucking idiot knee jerk neocon with no perspective on the civil justice system)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897825)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:35 PM
Author: Bateful Bearded Ape Multi-billionaire

(guy who wants to drive costs up with meritless discovery)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897835)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:36 PM
Author: Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897851)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:38 PM
Author: Mind-boggling shrine

Fucking LOL. Show me the "costs of litigation" as % of corp revenues. It's shit. Even if it weren't the cost would be far outweighed by the benefit of a justice system that the citizens could actually avail themselves of.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897867)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 10:47 AM
Author: amethyst slippery brunch potus

wow, dood are you actually arguing that meritless discovery is ok, cause it's always big corps and they can afford it? You're a 2L tops.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19899744)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:19 PM
Author: Plum adventurous space

strike "citizens" and replace with "shithead rent-seeking plaintiffs attorneys"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19900949)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:30 PM
Author: Stimulating autistic native partner

So if the compl had said "on oct 19, 2001, Mr Ashcroft approved the imprisonment of Iqbal without a warrant" it would have survived.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897798)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:30 PM
Author: Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station

that would be implausible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897803)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:36 PM
Author: Mind-boggling shrine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897843)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:36 PM
Author: Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station

but it really would be

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897847)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:38 PM
Author: Mind-boggling shrine

tyft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897871)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:52 PM
Author: thriller self-absorbed marketing idea

I meh'd, but then I lol'd.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897978)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:54 PM
Author: Lascivious Gay Wizard Gas Station

well seriously, the allegation was that ashcroft used 9/11 as an excuse to arrest lots of arabs, rather than that they thought the arabs might be terrorists. that is kind of implausible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19898003)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 12:13 AM
Author: thriller self-absorbed marketing idea

*strokes chin*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19898149)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 11:03 AM
Author: godawful shaky codepig

Greetings,

LET THE EAGLE SORE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19899796)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:46 PM
Author: Provocative Clown Trailer Park

to be fair, the iqbal and towmbly decisions aren't new and have been around for a long time

we should bash that ttt conley

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897921)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:20 PM
Author: Plum adventurous space

nah this was all caused by that cunt dioguardi

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19900956)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 11:46 PM
Author: buff center circlehead

As courts never took Conley literally anyway, it's a fucking meaningless opinion that only offends Brooklyn Jews who spent 6 months in practice 30 years ago and now scream at 22 year olds that ARE ACTIVIST COURT is taking away ARE PLAINTIFFS FIRMS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19897924)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:20 PM
Author: Plum adventurous space



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19900960)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 10:25 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac scourge upon the earth halford

Gives me more 12(b)(6) motions to write, and therefore more work to bill. In the end, that's the thing the matters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19899677)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 10:30 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good Liquid Oxygen Market

Win on 12(b)(6) --> no discovery --> less billables.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19899691)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 10:54 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac scourge upon the earth halford

Just do dismiss without prejudice and refile the complaint, bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19899769)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 11:05 AM
Author: Fishy motley dilemma shitlib

This. It always surprises me that the partner and client think that we need to file a 12(b)(6). We spend all of this money drafting this thing and even if we win the plaintiff refiles in a week with a slightly less shitty complaint.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19899812)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:21 PM
Author: arousing lilac temple personal credit line

could a court ever dismiss with prejudice at that stage?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19900972)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:45 PM
Author: sexy blathering turdskin crotch

im not a civil litigator but isnt it supposed to "narrow the issues" or some shit.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19901172)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:18 PM
Author: rambunctious flirting base background story

Clerk on d.ct. and you'll love Twombly/Iqbal. The only criticisms I see are the garden-variety "this will deter justice and let people get away with harming poor people." No, it won't. If you were hurt, plead some specific fucking facts about who/when/where. If you can't even come up with that, then you shouldn't be filing a lawsuit in the first place.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19900941)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:20 PM
Author: Plum adventurous space

PWN PWN PWN

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19900966)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:25 PM
Author: fragrant harsh stead

Does your judge use Twombly/Iqbal to fuck over Plaintiffs by getting their complaints dismissed?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19901010)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:38 PM
Author: rambunctious flirting base background story

He'd only be fucking them over if he knew their complaints should have passed 12(b)(6) but he dismisses them anyway, or if he somehow *knew* that there was a meritorious claim but he dismissed it anyway. Neither of these ever happened.

Judges don't fuck plaintiffs over with Iqbal/Twombly. Their lawyers fuck them over. And if the second/third/whatever amended complaint still can't come up with a decent story with specifics, then I would never feel bad tossing the suit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19901115)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:42 PM
Author: fragrant harsh stead

Does your Judge--when reviewing the initial complaint filed through PACER--ever suggest how he is going to decide the case? Like does your judge decide cases on the basis of fairness and justice? Or does he try to stick to the letter of the law?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19901151)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:43 PM
Author: arousing lilac temple personal credit line

why the fuck do you constantly ask this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19901162)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:50 PM
Author: rambunctious flirting base background story

If we had a conversation about a complaint before an MTD was filed and briefed by both sides, he usually wouldn't suggest how he'd decide unless it was pretty obvious that the complaint should be dismissed.

I think every judge tries to follow the letter of the law. Fairness/justice is very hard to discern in civil litigation because everyone's out to make a buck. In crim cases he'd make the gov't attorneys do their work and wouldn't try to find some excuse to screw over the defendant. He was a somewhat conservative guy but he didn't care if that meant the bad guy goes free--his attitude seemed to be "whatever, another shithead back in the drug trade, just another drop in the bucket."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19901207)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:21 PM
Author: Plum adventurous space

BUT BUT BUT i thought conservatives LOVED fishing expeditions!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865494&forum_id=2#19900970)