McCormick v. Jones

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, although the complaint need not “set forth the alleged defamatory statements verbatim,” it must at least explain the “who, what, when, and where” of the statements and give defendants fair notice of the factual basis for the defamation claim
• denying motion to dismiss breach of contract claim where discovery would be needed to resolve material facts as to its meaning
• allowing Defendant’s motion to dismiss defamation claim where Plaintiff failed to alleged in his complaint the “who, what, when, where” of the alleged defamatory statement
• dismissing claim for defamation, with leave to amend, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a
• defamation claim did not meet Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a) standard when claims were so vague as to “not explain the essential ‘who, what, when, and where’” or did not provide defendant with “fair notice of the factual basis for [the] defamation claim”
• covenant of good faith and fair dealing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).