550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 276,716 times 369 Legal Analyses
Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing
Holding that collective allegations do not satisfy a plaintiff's "burden . . . to provide fair notice of the grounds for the claims made against each of the defendants"
Holding that a complaint was a shotgun complaint when, among other issues, the complaint was 58-pages long and contained at least 146 numbered paragraphs
No. 6:08-cv-466-Orl-28GJK (M.D. Fla. Apr. 28, 2009) Cited 34 times
In Pierson, the Middle District of Florida determined that the plaintiff failed to sufficiently plead claims against a set of individuals and groups he collectively referred to as “the Peer Review Defendants” without differentiation of each defendant's alleged conduct.
Holding that because the district court did not consider matters outside the pleadings, it did not err when it failed to treat the motion to dismiss as a motion for summary judgment