BELL ATLANTIC CORP. v. TWOMBLY

No. 05-1126.

127 S.Ct. 1955 (2007)

550 U.S. 544

167 L.Ed.2d 929

BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. William TWOMBLY et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Shapiro , Kenneth S. Geller , Richard J. Favretto , Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Washington, D.C., Laura J. Coleman , J. Henry Walker , Marc W.F. Galonsky , Ashley Watson , Atlanta, Georgia, for BellSouth Corporation.

Timothy Beyer , Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, P.C., Denver, Colorado, Cynthia P. Delaney, Denver, Colorado, Counsel for Qwest Communications International Inc.

Michael K. Kellogg , Mark C. Hansen , Aaron M. Panner , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., Javier Aguilar , William M. Schur , San Antonio, Texas, for AT&T Inc. (formerly SBC Communications Inc.).

Richard G. Taranto , Farr & Taranto, Washington, D.C., Paul J. Larkin, Jr. , David E. Wheeler , Robert J. Zastrow , Arlington, Virginia, Dan K. Webb , Charles B. Molster III , Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Verizon Communications Inc. (successor-in-interest to Bell Atlantic Corporation).

Marc A. Topaz , Joseph H. Meltzer , Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP, Radnor, PA, J. Douglas Richards , Michael M. Buchman , Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP, New York, NY, for Respondents.


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