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Ashcroft, et al. v Iqbal, et al., US Supreme Court, May 18, 2009 [holding that a complaint filed against former US Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller and other officials by a terrorism suspect failed to adequately state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8 and the Court's 2007 decision in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.