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...purpose of rule 12(b)(6) is to permit prompt resolution of a case where the allegations in the complaint clearly demonstrate that the plaintiff's claim is legally insufficient. See General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Abington Cas. Ins. Co., 413 Mass. 583, 584 (1992); Fabrizio v. Quincy, 9 Mass.App.Ct. 733, 734 (1980). In evaluating the allowance of a motion to dismiss, we are guided by the familiar principle that a complaint is sufficient "unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of [its] claim which would entitle [it] to relief." Nader...
...intuitive. Bono arrives with no security, takes gifts (a leather-bound volume of Seamus Heaney for Patrick Leahy, a framed copy of the Marshall Plan speech for Colin Powell) to suit his host's taste. He poses for every staff picture, and his thank-you notes are handwritten and prompt. He wears whatever he pleases. "I refuse to be anything other than what I am," he says. "I literally get into the clothes at the end of the bed. If somebody doesn't take them off and wash them, things would probably get a bit high...
...trails Morales by some six percentage points in recent polls. So Morales - a 46-year-old Aymara Indian farmer who leads Bolivia's coca growers union and narrowly lost the Presidency in 2002 - could win this Sunday but still be snubbed in the Congress next month. That would likely prompt his millions of mostly indigenous followers to turn to what they call "street democracy," as they have done in numerous and often violent protests that ousted two Presidents since 2003. A MAS official even suggested last week that Morales would, if necessary, take power "by force," although the candidate quickly...
...move that reflects the case’s watershed significance, the Supreme Court announced last month that it will release audiotapes of tomorrow’s proceedings to news organizations immediately after oral arguments. The court has only arranged for the prompt release of audiotapes in a handful of landmark cases—beginning with Bush v. Gore in December...
...move that reflects the case’s watershed significance, the Supreme Court announced last month that it will release audiotapes of tomorrow’s proceedings to news organizations immediately after oral arguments. The court has only arranged for the prompt release of audiotapes in a handful of landmark cases—beginning with Bush v. Gore in December...