Fuster v. City of Seattle

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• holding that a court is 8 not required to accept as true conclusory allegations which are contradicted by documents 9 referred to in the complaint
• finding that a court is “not required to accept as true conclusory 28 allegations which are contradicted by documents referred to in the complaint”
• stating that on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, the court is “not 19 required to accept as true conclusory allegations which are contradicted by documents referred to 20 in the complaint.”
• stating 6 that the court need not extend the general rule that parties are allowed to amend their pleadings if 7 amendment “would be an exercise in futility”
• stating that, “[a]lthough there is a general rule that parties are allowed to amend their pleadings, it does not extend to cases in which any amendment would be an exercise in futility . . . or where the amended complaint would also be subject to dismissal”
• In determining whether dismissal of a complaint is proper under Rule 12(b)(6), \we must treat all of plaintiff's factual allegations as true.\

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