Commonwealth v. Offutt

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The [defendant] hadn't filed an answer when it moved for judgment on the pleadings, so the pleadings weren't closed at that time.”
• “By the plain language of Rule 12(c), a party may not move for judgment on the pleadings until ‘[a]fter the pleadings are closed.’ The pleadings are closed only when a complaint and answer have been filed.” (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).