context: Defendants' focus on formal technicalities does little to undermine the well-pleaded factual allegations of the complaint. Even post-Twombly, federal pleading requires plaintiffs to set forth only their "claims for relief, not causes of action, statutes or legal theories."
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 211 F.3d 399, 407
citation_a.parenthetical: plaintiffs "need not use particular words to plead in the alternative," only "a formulation from which it can be reasonably inferred that this is what they were doing"
citation_a.sentence: See Alvarez v. Hill, 518 F.3d 1152, 1157 (9th Cir.2008); see also Self Directed Placement Corp. v. Control Data Corp., 908 F.2d 462, 466 (9th Cir.1990) (inferring claim from facts alleged); Holman v. Indiana, 211 F.3d 399, 407 (7th Cir.2000) (plaintiffs “need not use particular words to plead in the alternative,” only “a formulation from which it can be reasonably inferred that this is what they were doing”); cf. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009) (recognizing that “Rule 8 marks a notable and generous departure from the hyper-technical, code-pleading regime of a prior era”).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.parenthetical: recognizing that "Rule 8 marks a notable and generous departure from the hyper-technical, code-pleading regime of a prior era"
citation_b.sentence: See Alvarez v. Hill, 518 F.3d 1152, 1157 (9th Cir.2008); see also Self Directed Placement Corp. v. Control Data Corp., 908 F.2d 462, 466 (9th Cir.1990) (inferring claim from facts alleged); Holman v. Indiana, 211 F.3d 399, 407 (7th Cir.2000) (plaintiffs “need not use particular words to plead in the alternative,” only “a formulation from which it can be reasonably inferred that this is what they were doing”); cf. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009) (recognizing that “Rule 8 marks a notable and generous departure from the hyper-technical, code-pleading regime of a prior era”).