Legal Opinion
Shay v. Walters
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 2012No. 12-1494PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This is a tort case that pits a Massachusetts woman who claims to have been wronged against a nationally known celebrity. Although the allegations of the plaintiffs complaint paint a poignant picture, we conclude — as did the district court— that the defendant is entitled to judgment on the pleadings. Accordingly, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Inasmuch as the district court decided this case by entering judgment on the pleadings, see Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(c), we rehearse the complaint’s well-pleaded facts as if they were true, view those facts in the light most hospitable to the party…
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