Scott v. District of Columbia

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• under Rule 8(a) complaint is sufficient as long as it fairly puts defendant on notice of claim
• under Rule 8(a), (e), complaint is sufficient so long as it fairly puts defendant on notice of claim against him
• “It is not error . . . for a trial judge to limit his consideration to issues unequivocally raised by the complaint.”
• officer not liable for false arrest or false imprisonment after making arrest based on law enforcement computer printout that, on its face, reflected valid warrant, although invalid because warrant had been issued for wrong person

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).