Crain v. Board of Police Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police Department of St. Louis

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• holding that state-law statute-of-limitations defense may be litigated for first time in motion for directed verdict because defense was preserved under Rule 8(c) by its “bare assertion” in defendant’s answer
• statute of limitations affirmative defense \need not be raised with any rigorous degree of specificity\ and bare assertion in answer is sufficient to prevent waiver
• “bare assertion” of statute of limitations in answer preserved it to be raised again mid-trial, despite defendant’s failure to raise it in pretrial dispositive motions
• “bare assertion” of statute of limitations in answer preserved it to be raised again mid-trial, despite defendant’s failure to raise it in pretrial dispositive motions

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