Ass'n of Haystack Property Owners, Inc. v. Sprague

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “courts should be especially reluctant to dismiss on the basis of pleadings when the asserted theory of liability is novel or extreme”
• trial court improperly dismissed suit alleging breach of fiduciary duty owed by corporate directors to creditors
• court must assume truth of all allegations in complaint and draw reasonable inferences in favor of the non-moving party when evaluating a motion to dismiss
• “courts should be especially reluctant to dismiss on the basis of pleadings when the asserted theory of liability is novel or extreme”
• “courts should be especially reluctant to dismiss on the basis of pleadings when the asserted theory of liability is novel or extreme”
• “The legal theory of a case should be explored in the light of facts as developed by the evidence, and, generally, not dismissed before trial because of the mere novelty of the allegations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).