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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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December 10, 2008
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gptkbp:category
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United States Supreme Court cases
2009 in United States case law
United States civil procedure case law
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gptkbp:citation
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129 S. Ct. 1937
173 L. Ed. 2d 868
556 U.S. 662
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gptkbp:date
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May 18, 2009
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:Robert_Mueller
gptkb:John_Ashcroft
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_David_Souter
gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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07-1015
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:John_Ashcroft,_Former_Attorney_General,_et_al._v._Javaid_Iqbal,_et_al.
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Plaintiff must plead sufficient facts to state a claim that is plausible on its face
Government officials may not be held liable for unconstitutional conduct of their subordinates under a theory of respondeat superior
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ashcroft v. Iqbal
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gptkbp:legalSubject
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gptkb:Federal_Rules_of_Civil_Procedure
Civil rights
Pleading standards
Qualified immunity
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:John_Roberts
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Samuel_Alito
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkb:Justice_Anthony_Kennedy
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gptkbp:overruledBy
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Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:Javaid_Iqbal
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Bell_Atlantic_Corp._v._Twombly
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Roberts_Court
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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