[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1504 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1504

To provide that Federal courts shall not dismiss complaints under rule 
 12(b)(6) or (e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, except under 
 the standards set forth by the Supreme Court of the United States in 
                 Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957).


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 2009

  Mr. Specter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that Federal courts shall not dismiss complaints under rule 
 12(b)(6) or (e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, except under 
 the standards set forth by the Supreme Court of the United States in 
                 Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957).

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. DISMISSAL OF COMPLAINTS IN FEDERAL COURTS.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided by an Act of Congress or by 
an amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which takes effect 
after the date of enactment of this Act, a Federal court shall not 
dismiss a complaint under rule 12(b)(6) or (e) of the Federal Rules of 
Civil Procedure, except under the standards set forth by the Supreme 
Court of the United States in Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957).
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