twombly/iqbal

Professor Shannon Has Federal Pleading All Figured Out . . .

August 19, 2010 12:00

. . . or does he? Professor Bradley Scott Shannon has posted "I Have Federal Pleading All Figured Out" on SSRN. It is forthcoming in the Case Western Reserve Law Review. The abstract states: Actually (and to no one's surprise),...

Maxeiner on Pleading, Access & Iqbal

July 23, 2010 01:31

Professor James Maxeiner (Baltimore) has posted on SSRN his article, Pleading and Access to Civil Procedure: Historical and Comparative Reflections on Iqbal, a Day in Court and a Decision According to Law, 114 Penn State L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2010)....

Dodson on Justice Souter and the Civil Rules

June 28, 2010 13:16

Prof. Scott Dodson (William & Mary) has published Justice Souter and the Civil Rules in the Washington University Law Review Commentaries. From the text: Justice Souter appears to have shied away from writing opinions that addressed the civil rules for...

Washington Supreme Court Rejects Twombly/Iqbal

June 25, 2010 13:00

The Washington State Supreme Court decided yesterday to maintain the pleading standard that has long applied in Washington state courts, rebuffing a request to adopt the federal pleading standard that the U.S. Supreme Court embraced in Twombly and Iqbal. The...

Reading the Kagan Tea Leaves on Twombly/Iqbal

June 22, 2010 13:15

We blogged earlier about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s civil procedure paper trail. As for her views on one of today’s most controversial issues in civil procedure — federal pleading standards — a recent New York Times article starts with...