McBurnie v. Rutledge’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
August 2018
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Fennell v. TLB Kent Co. · Mid-Hudson Catskill Rural Migrant Ministry, Inc. v. Fine Host Corp. · Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis v. PLC
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“arguments, though close to frivolous, contained 'enough of a kernel of a theory' to avoid being objectively unreasonable”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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