Butler v. Balolia

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the Washington Supreme Court would \in all probability recognize the enforceability of contracts to negotiate\ after surveying much of the same authority discussed above
• explaining that \precedents and trends in other jurisdictions\ appropriately may be consulted in determining what a state's highest court might rule
• stating that, when reviewing an order granting a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, this court may consider \facts susceptible to judicial notice\ (quoting Haley v. City of Bos., 657 F.3d 39, 46 (1st Cir. 2011))
• supplementing facts in complaint “by examining ‘documents incorporated by reference into the complaint, matters of public record, and facts susceptible to judicial notice’”
• supplementing facts in complaint with “documents incorporated by reference into the complaint, matters of public record, and facts susceptible to judicial notice”
• vacating dismissal of claim for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing where plaintiff alleged the existence of a contract to negotiate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).