Legal Opinion
Dudosh v. City of Allentown
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 18, 1985No. Civ. A. 85-4066PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, Senior District Judge.
The above captioned matter comes before this Court for consideration of the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). We shall first address the issues raised by the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint on the basis of F.R.C.P. 12(b)(6).
When considering a motion to dismiss, we are guided by the following well-known maxims: that all well-pleaded allegations will be accepted as true, that the complaint should be construed liberally and in favor of the…
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