Court Opinion

ID: 9481429
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Date Created: 2023-08-05 08:18:46.00734+00
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On Petition for Rehearing
April 23, 1991
In its Petition for Rehearing, appellant PFZ Properties, Inc. argues that rehearing is warranted because the panel limited its consideration to the allegations contained in the amended complaint and did not take into account the additional factual allegations contained in the pretrial order. We note, however, that PFZ did not raise any such argument in its brief. Indeed, it argued that the district court erred in taking into consideration facts outside the pleadings (but contained in the pretrial order) in applying a motion to dismiss standard. Having failed to raise it in its brief, PFZ may not rely upon the argument in support of its petition for rehearing. See, e.g., United States v. Ferryman, 897 F.2d 584 (1st Cir.1990) (issue raised for the first time in petition for rehearing dismissed as not properly before the court); Arajuo v. Woods Hole, 693 F.2d 1, 4 (1st Cir.1982) (refusing to consider theory raised for the first time in petition for rehearing).
We note also that, in our review under 12(b)(6), we indulged all inferences in favor of PFZ, the nonmovant. For example, we assumed that ARPE had violated its own rules, that its procedures were irregular, and even that it had singled out PFZ for differential treatment. None of the additional factual allegations in the pretrial statement add significantly to the facts taken as true in our opinion. Thus, even if PFZ had raised the argument in a timely manner, the outcome of the case would not have been different.
The petition for rehearing is denied.