U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
May 9, 2013
9th Circuit waters down Supreme Court's tougher pleading standards
In two big cases, the U.S. Supreme Court made it harder for plaintiffs to plead their cases - only to have the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put its own unique spin on pleading standards that dilutes what the high court did.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In two big opinions called Twombly and Iqbal, the U.S. Supreme Court made it harder for plaintiffs to plead their cases - only to have the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put its own unique spin on pleading standards in a civil rights case involving Los Angeles Sheriff Leroy D. Baca that dilutes what the high court did. Despite an outcry from conservative circuit judges, one of whom scorned his c...
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