COMERICA BANK AND TRUST, N.A. v. HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC. d/b/a ST. LUCIE MEDICAL CENTER

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• holding that a party may not rely upon Rule 59(e) to “present arguments or evidence that could have been raised prior to judgment”
• holding that parties in a motion to dismiss could not rely upon contracts that were not mentioned in the operative complaint
• holding that Rule 59(e) may “‘not be used to relitigate old matters or to present arguments or evidence that could have been raised prior to judgment’”
• noting that our review on a motion to dismiss is limited to the four corners of the complaint
• stating that a court’s review on a motion to dismiss generally is limited to the four corners of the complaint
• explaining that “[a] motion for reconsideration cannot be used to relitigate old matters” (citation and quotation marks omitted)

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