Charles J. Greene v. Alabama Department of Revenue, et al.
Whether the court of appeals' decision, purporting to follow the principles elucidated by this Court in Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 129 S. Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009), and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 127 S. Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007), in dismissing the Complaint below without any opportunity for discovery, is in conflict with the Twiqbal holdings on several levels, including (a) the misplaced demand for specific details, (b) the complete abrogation of Fed. R. Civ. Proc., R. 8(d) allowing alternative pleadings, (c) the superimposition of an extra requirement that specific individual employer agents must be identified prior to discovery even when the employer has sought to hide the identities of these individuals, and (d) that plaintiffs be required to meet, without any discovery, heightened evidentiary causality standards in pleadings, again directly contrary to the Twombly?
Whether the court of appeals' decision is in conflict with the Twigbal holdings