Donald McCormick v. City of Chicago

How courts have described this case

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• stating that Rule 8 requires just enough “to allow the court and the defendant to understand the gravamen of the plaintiffs complaint”
• stating that plaintiff need only plead enough “to allow the court and the defendant to understand the gravamen of the plaintiffs complaint”
• finding that a party’s deliberate choice, later regretted, did not constitute a “mistake” within the meaning of Rule 60(b)(1)
• explaining that “neither ignorance nor carelessness on the part of the litigant or his attorney provide grounds for relief under Rule 60(b)(1)”
• noting that a plaintiff may “plead himself out of court” by alleging facts establishing that a defendant is entitled to prevail on a motion to dismiss
• noting that a plaintiff may “plead himself out of court” by alleging facts establishing that a defendant is entitled to prevail on a motion to dismiss

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).