Silver v. Geo. E. Keith Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “when a plaintiff fails to introduce a pertinent document as part of his complaint, the defendant may attach the document to a motion to dismiss”
• stating that when deciding a motion to dismiss courts may consider authentic public records pertinent to the plaintiff’s claim
• noting that the use of such materials has “but one limitation: the document must be of unquestioned authenticity”
• noting that the use of such materials has “but one limitation: the document must be of unquestioned authenticity”
• permitting the judicial notice of public documents, such as court records, even when the documents are neither referenced by nor integral to the plaintiffs complaint

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).