General Conference Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Seventh-Day Adventist Congregational Church John R. Marik

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “if the defendant raises an affirmative defense in his answer it will usually bar judgment on the pleadings”
• “if the defendant raises an affirmative defense in his answer it will usually bar judgment on the pleadings”
• “[A] plaintiff is not entitled to judgment on the 18 pleadings when the answer raises issues of fact that, if proved, would defeat recovery.”
• “[I]f the defendant raises an affirmative defense in his answer it will usually bar judgment on the pleadings [in favor of the plaintiff].”
• affirmative defense to trademark claim that term is “generic” supported by allegations that 17 raise dispute of fact
• “[A] plaintiff is not entitled to judgment on the pleadings when the answer raises issues of fact that, if proved, would defeat recovery. Similarly, if the defendant raises an affirmative defense in his answer it will usually bar judgment on the pleadings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).