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A Society Without a Name v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 655 F.3d 342 (2011)

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A Society Without a Name v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 655 F.3d 342 (2011)
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A Society Without a Name v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 655 F.3d 342 (2011)
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2011-08-24

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In addition, where a conspiracy is alleged, the plaintiff
must plead facts amounting to more than "parallel conduct
and a bare assertion of conspiracy . . . . Without more, parallel
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conduct does not suggest conspiracy, and a conclusory allega-
tion of agreement at some unidentified point does not supply
facts adequate to show illegality." Twombly, 550 U.S. at 556-
57 (reasoning that allegations of parallel conduct were insuffi-
cient to state a claim for a conspiracy under the Sherman Act).
The factual allegations must plausibly suggest agreement,
rather than being merely consistent with agreement. Id. at
557. B.   Conspiracy claim under § 1985(3)