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What did the court decide in Conley v. Gibson?

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a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief

The origin of the 'no set of facts' pleading formulation; the Supreme Court retired that phrase fifty years later in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly. The sentence above is the court in its own words.

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