Is a dismissal for failure to state a claim reviewed de novo?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Hulett v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 974 F.2d 1342 (9th Cir. 1992):

A dismissal for failure to state a claim is a question of law that is reviewed de novo. Kruso v. International Tel. & Tel. Corp., 872 F.2d 1416, 1421 (9th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 496 U.S. 937 (1990).

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