official policy, the district court dismissed the breach of contract claim because “the allegations in the complaint fail[ed] to show that a contract existed between [Leibowitz] and [Cornell] ensuring her employment indefinitely,” Leibowitz, 2005 WL 267560, at *6, and the implied-in-fact contract claim because her allegations were “inconsistent with a finding that the parties agreed, by their conduct, to be bound to a contract affording [Leibowitz] lifetime employment,” id. at *7. The allegation, however, that there existed an unofficial Cornell policy that created a contractual relationship — be it express or implied in fact — between Leibowitz and Cornell is sufficient to meet the requirements of Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a). See Hanna v. Plumer, 380 U.S. 460, 85 S.Ct. 1136, 14 L.Ed.2d 8 (1965) (<HOLDING>). With respect to the Equal Pay Act claim, the
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