BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION et al., Petitioners,
v.
William TWOMBLY et al.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 27, 2006.
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.
JusticeSOUTER delivered the opinion of the Court.
Liability under § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, requires a "contract, combination ..., or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce." The question in this putative class action is whether a § 1 complaint can survive a motion to dismiss when it alleges that major telecommunications...
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