Harrison v. Stroud

How courts have described this case

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• finding that it was improper for defendants to contest claims for attorney’s fees, among other forms of relief, on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion
• “[A] plain reading of Rule 12(b)(6) indicates that the rule may be used only to dismiss a ‘claim’ in its entirety.” (internal citations omitted)
• “[A] plain reading of Rule 12(b)(6) indicates that the rule may be used only to dismiss a ‘claim’ in its entirety.” (internal citations omitted)
• a “demand for relief is not part of a plaintiff’s statement of the claim”
• \[T]he nature of the relief included in the demand for judgment is immaterial to the question of whether a complaint adequately states a claim upon which relief can be granted.\ (citation omitted)
• “A court therefore should not dismiss a complaint so 6 long as it sets out facts sufficient to support a reasonable inference that the plaintiff is entitled to any relief the court can grant, even if that relief is not specifically requested.” (Emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).