Gilbert Schmidt v. Karl Herrmann

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding a Rule 8(a) dismissal of “confusing, distracting, ambiguous, and unintelligible pleadings”
• upholding a Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a) dismissal of “confusing, distracting, ambiguous, and unintelligible pleadings”
• upholding the dismissal of a complaint where it was “impossible to designate the 27 cause of action or causes of action attempted to be alleged in the complaint.”
• upholding the dismissal of a complaint where it 26 was “impossible to designate the cause of action or causes of action attempted to be alleged in the 27 complaint.”
• upholding Rule 8 24 25 dismissal of “confusing, distracting, ambiguous, and unintelligible pleadings”
• upholding Rule 8 dismissal of 28 “confusing, distracting, ambiguous, and unintelligible pleadings”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Cafasso v. General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-03-24· cited 1,380×
• McHenry v. Renne
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-05-28· cited 1,221×
• Edward G. Eldridge v. Sherman Block
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-12-22· cited 908×
• Joseph Nevijel v. North Coast Life Insurance Co., a Washington Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-07-23· cited 689×
• Ronald O. Pelletier v. Gary D. Zweifel, Ronald O. Pelletier v. Gary D. Zweifel
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-01-29· cited 385×
• Hearns v. San Bernardino Police Department
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-07-01· cited 219×
• United States v. National Medical Enterprises, Inc., and Nme Hospitals, Inc., Defendants
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-09-09· cited 190×
• Hatch v. Reliance Insurance
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-04-16· cited 156×
• United States v. Jerry D. Smith
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-09-17· cited 142×
• Chism v. National Heritage Life Insurance
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-01-30· cited 82×
• Mmoe v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-01-10· cited 68×
• Cellars v. Pacific Coast Packaging, Inc.
  N.D. California· 1999-12-23· cited 39×
• Michael R. Wood, Individually and D/B/A National Photo Services v. Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-02-15· cited 25×
• US Ex Rel. Kent v. Aiello
  E.D. California· 1993-11-02· cited 20×
• Gottschalk v. City & County of San Francisco
  N.D. California· 2013-08-12· cited 19×
• Lee v. Roessler-Lobert (In Re Roessler-Lobert)
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-05-15· cited 18×
• Ruyle, O'Dorisio & Kearney v. McGuff (In Re McGuff)
  S.D. California· 1980-02-22· cited 17×
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1984-05-07· cited 12×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-02-21· cited 8×
• Occupational-Urgent Care Health Systems, Inc. v. Sutro & Co.
  E.D. California· 1989-04-21· cited 7×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Patricia Scott Anderson v. Air West, Incorporated
  Ninth Circuit· 1976-09-22· cited 2,543×
• Albert Flaksa v. Little River Marine Construction Co., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-02-08· cited 260×
• Powell v. Committee on Admissions & Grievances of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 169×
• Industrial Building Materials, Inc. v. Interchemical Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1971-02-26· cited 167×
• R. W. Agnew v. Richard W. Moody
  Ninth Circuit· 1964-05-04· cited 105×
• Kurt Von Poppenheim v. Portland Boxing & Wrestling Commission
  Ninth Circuit· 1971-08-09· cited 105×
• Syracuse Broadcasting Corporation v. Samuel I. Newhouse, the Herald Company, the Post-Standard Company and Central New York Broadcasting Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1959-11-05· cited 65×
• Robert H. Fendler v. Westgate-California Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-12-31· cited 57×
• States Steamship Company, a Corporation v. Philippine Air Lines, a Corporation, and Qantas Airways, a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1970-05-08· cited 54×
• In the Matter of Federal Shopping Way, Inc., a Washington Corporation, Debtor-Appellant
  Ninth Circuit· 1970-11-16· cited 6×