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· 9/19/1996

Stelly v. Papania

Citations

  • 927 S.W.2d 620
  • 1996 WL 354783

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that rule applies not only to deemed admissions, but also to parties seeking to substitute new response for prior response
  • noting that a trial court did not commit a clear abuse of discretion when it based its decision to deny a motion to strike deemed admissions on evidence in the record
  • ‘‘The purpose of the rules of civil procedure is to obtain a just, fair, equitable and impartial adjudication of the litigants' rights under established principles of substantive law.”
  • “An abuse of discretion occurs when a court acts without reference to guiding rules or principles, or acts arbitrarily or unreasonably.”
  • “The purpose of the rules of civil procedure is to obtain a just, fair, equitable and impartial adjudication of the litigants’ rights under established principles of substantive law.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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