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Sixth Circuit· 2/24/2020

Sarah Lee v. Ohio Educ. Ass'n

Citations

  • 951 F.3d 386

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a complaint that “failed to ‘connect specific facts or events with the various causes of action’” violated Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2) (citation omitted)
  • holding that good faith defense barred claim for refund of agency fees
  • finding that labor unions had a good faith defense to rely upon pre-Janus law in collecting agency fees
  • noting that a pleading must clearly identify legal claims and connect specific facts and events with these claims
  • stating that a complaint that fails to separate causes of action or claims for relief into separate counts is a “shotgun pleading” that violates Civil Rule 10(b)
  • failure to separate each cause of action into separate counts can constitute impermissible “shotgun pleading” that violates Rule 10(b)

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