U.S. Express Lines, Ltd. v. Higgins

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that, in deciding a motion to dismiss, a court may rely on “a document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint”
• ruling that, in deciding a motion to dismiss, a court may rely on “a document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint”
• ruling that, in deciding a motion to dismiss, a court may rely on “a document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint”
• holding that a court may consider a document that is integral or explicitly relied upon by the complaint without converting the motion to dismiss into one for summary judgment
• holding that “victims” of “misconduct in federal litigation” “may, in appropriate circumstances, bring suit to recover damages under state causes of action” for “abuse of process and similar torts”
• holding that “[a]lthough a district court may not consider matters extraneous to the pleadings, a document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint may be considered without converting the motion to dismiss in one for summary judgment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).