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· 12/7/1999

Spivey v. Robertson

Citations

  • 197 F.3d 772
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 32021
  • 1999 WL 1115447

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a court is limited to a consideration of the well-pleaded 2 allegations of Plaintiff’s complaint, including any attachments thereto or documents incorporated by reference therein
  • stating that a court does not \look beyond the face of the pleadings to determine whether relief should be granted\ under Rule 12(b)(6)
  • stating that a DA who manufactures evidence for the police to place in an affidavit for probable cause acts as a complaining witness and is not entitled to prosecutorial immunity
  • discussing Kalina, 522 U.S. at 123–31, 118 S. Ct. at 505–10
  • On a motion to dismiss, “[t]his court will not look beyond the face of the pleadings ... and will construe all allegations in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs.... ”
  • “This court will not look beyond the face of the pleadings to determine whether relief should be granted based on the alleged facts . . .”

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Judges: Garza, Jolly, Demoss

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