· 1/4/1901
McCabe v. Cruikshank
Citations
- 106 F. 648
- 1901 U.S. App. LEXIS 4485
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that when a defendant is unclear about the meaning of a particular allegation in the complaint, the proper course of action is not to move to dismiss but to move for a more definite statement
- denying a motion for a more definite statement because “a review of the defendants’ submissions established that the defendants underst[oo]d the crux of [Potts’] claim”
- “Rule 12(e) should not frustrate the ‘liberality’ of the notice pleading requirements.”
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Judges: Wheeler
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