Howard v. Sterchi

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that prejudice under the rule “relates to the difficulty a party may face in proving its case” — such as the unavailability of key witnesses
• “[PJermitting the withdrawal and amendment of the admissions will subserve the presentation of the merits of this action, notwithstanding the fact that the plaintiffs indeed were dilatory in failing to move for withdrawal at an earlier time.”
• withdrawal allowed when admissions made in haste and under certain faulty assumptions.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).