Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe · ¶106

When deciding whether to overturn a decision like Sosa, this Court will “most often” consider “subsequent legal developments—‘either the growth of judicial doctrine or further action taken by Congress’—that have removed the basis for a decision.” 576 U. S., at 458. Here, however, this “primary reason” for overruling statutory precedents, Pat terson, 491 U. S., at 173, is completely absent. As discussed above, this Court’s modern push to limit implied causes of action was well underway by the time Sosa was decided. See supra, at 17.

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