Legal Opinion
Carpenter Outdoor Advertising Co. v. City of Fenton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 1, 2001No. 00-1869PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.
Carpenter Outdoor Advertising Co. (Carpenter) appeals from the district court’s 1 dismissal of its civil rights complaint against the City of Fenton, Missouri, the city’s board of alderman (the board), and various other city officials (collectively, the city). For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
In reviewing the grant of a motion to dismiss a complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), we assume that all facts alleged in the complaint are true, construe the complaint liberally in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, and will affirm the dismissal…
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- Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San DiegoSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Guatam Batra Michael Resch Nisar Shaikh v. Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska Graham B. Spanier Stanley R. LibertyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Coleman v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by8 opinions
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