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United States Supreme Court 05-1126 Bell Atlantic Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. William Twombly, et al. Docketed: 3/7/2006 Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Case Nos.: 03-9213 Decision Date: 10/3/2005 Rehearing Denied: 1/3/2006 Questions Presented
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Bell Atlantic Corporation, et al., Petitioners
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Bell Atlantic Corporation, et al. v. William Twombly, et al.	represented by	Thomas O. Barnett Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice Washington, DC 20530
United States	represented by	Paul D. Clement Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov (202) 514-2217
Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al.	represented by	Roy T. Englert Jr. Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP 1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 411 Washington, DC 20006 renglert@robbinsrussell.com (202) 775-4500
American Antitrust Institute	represented by	Parker C. Folse III Susman Godfrey LLP 1201 Third Avenue Suite 3100 Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 516-3880
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.	represented by	Paul H. Friedman Dechert LLP 1775 Eye St., NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 261-3300
Legal Scholars	represented by	Max Huffman Clifton Ave. and Calhoun Street Room 2M20 Cincinnati, OH 45221 (513) 556-0116
Legal Scholars Debra Lyn Bassett, et al.	represented by	Eric Alan Isaacson Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 231-1058
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and The National Association of Manufacturers	represented by	Donald C. Klawiter Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP 111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 739-3000
American Petroleum Institute	represented by	Robert A. Long Jr. Covington & Burling LLP 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 rlong@cov.com (202) 662-5212
Americn Bar Association in support of neither party	represented by	Karen J. Mathis American Bar Association 321 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60610 (215) 988-5000
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America	represented by	Saul P. Morgenstern Kaye Scholer LLP 425 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 (212) 836-8000
Mastercard International Inc. and Visa Inc.	represented by	Timothy J. Muris O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 383-5300
Economists William Baumol, et al.	represented by	R. Hewitt Pate III Hunton & Williams LLP 1900 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 955-1500
Wahington Legal Foundation	represented by	Richard A. Samp Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 588-0302
Commonwealth of Virginia and 15 Other States	represented by	William E. Thro State Solicitor General Office of Attorney General 900 East Main Street Richmond, VA 23219wthro@oag.state.va.us (804) 786-2436

United States Supreme Court 05-1126Bell Atlantic Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. William Twombly, et al.Docketed: 3/7/2006Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Case Nos.: 03-9213 Decision Date: 10/3/2005 Rehearing Denied: 1/3/2006Questions Presented

United States Supreme Court
05-1126
Bell Atlantic Corporation, et al., Petitioners v. William Twombly, et al.
Docketed: 3/7/2006
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Case Nos.: 03-9213
Decision Date: 10/3/2005
Rehearing Denied: 1/3/2006
Questions Presented