Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Branch v. Tunnell
512 U.S. 1219
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1994-06-20
- Topic
- general
holding motion to dismiss proper where defendant attached to motion document referred to in complaint, and that constituted core of parties' contractual relationship | “Matters of public record may be considered, including pleadings, orders, and other papers filed with the court or records of administrative bodies.” | Where subjective intent is an element of a plaintiffs claim, “bare allegations of improper purpose are insufficient to subject government officials to discovery and the related burdens of defending a lawsuit.” | documents whose contents are alleged in a complaint and whose authenticity no party questions, but which are not physically attached to the pleading, may be considered in ruling on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.