In Re Rockefeller Center Properties, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that generally a court may only consider the contents of the complaint on a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss
• noting that generally a court may only consider the contents of the complaint on a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss
• noting that generally a court may only consider the contents of the complaint on a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, but may “consider certain narrowly defined types of material without converting the motion” to one for summary judgment
• declining to decide a motion to dismiss after conversion because the case involved a voluminous, 1800-page appendix, with which the district court was more familiar, and complex issues of law
• reversing a district court’s decision to convert a motion to dismiss into a motion for summary judgment where the court “failfed] to provide notice” of conversion
• finding Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b) provides if “matters outside the pleading are presented to and not excluded by the court, the motion shall be treated as one for summary judgment as provided in Rule 56 . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).