Civil Pleading Requirements After Bell Atlantic Corporation v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judge-made law.

Civil procedure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses context and implications of Bell Atlantic Corporation v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, in which Supreme Court heightened the standard for evaluating civil pleading requirements. Reviews H.R. 4115, the Open Access to Courts Act of 2009, and S. 1504, the Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 2009, both to reverse the effects of Twombly and Iqbal decisions.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Civil Pleading Requirements After Bell Atlantic Corporation v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal

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