Belinda Lassalle v. Honorable Chelsey R. Napoleon, in Her Official Capacity as Clerk of Court for the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans

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• discussing how district courts have “wide latitude” in how they resolve claim construction disputes and noting that evidentiary “hearings” are “not always necessary”
• rejecting per se 23 rule against construing claim terms at the Rule 12(b)(6) stage of a case
• “if a claim’s meaning [is not] so clear on the only point that is ultimately material”, it is improper for a “district court to resolve a claim construction dispute in the context of adjudicating a Rule 12(b)(6) motion[.]”

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