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WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH v. JACKSON 

THOMAS, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part 
Opinion of THOMAS, J. 

authority and duty to enforce other statutes and regulations 
. . . that could be triggered by a violation of S. B. 8.”  Com-
plaint  ¶107.   This “conclusory statemen[t],” paired with  a 
bare  “ ‘legal  conclusion,’ ”  cannot  survive  a  motion  to  dis-
miss.  Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U. S. 662, 678 (2009). 

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  I  would  instruct  the  District  Court  to  dismiss  this  case 
against  all  respondents,  including  the  four  licensing  offi-
cials,  because  petitioners  may  not  avail  themselves  of the 
exception  to  sovereign  immunity  recognized  in  Ex parte 
Young.  I join the Court’s opinion in all other respects and 
respectfully dissent only from Part II–C.