Legal Opinion
Jamie Viqueira v. First Bank
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 2, 1998No. 20-1049PublishedCited by 261 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
There is less to this jurisdictional conundrum than meets the eye. Upon reflection, we resolve the matter adversely to the plaintiffs and therefore affirm the district court’s dismissal of their complaint.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Because we are reviewing the grant of a motion to dismiss, see Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1), we accept as true the complaint’s well-pleaded factual allegations, excluding, however, bald conclusions, unrelieved rhetoric, and pejorative epithets.
On April 27, 1987, the plaintiffs, through Rovica Development Corporation (Rovica or the corporation), 1 obtained a…
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