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| Rule 8- General Rules of Pleading |
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- Twombly
- Iqbal- Terrorist, must present sufficient facts
- Haddle- at will employee, failed to state a claim
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| Rule 8(c)- Affirmative defenses |
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- Jones- Prisoner, do not have to
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| Rule 8(b)- short and plain statment |
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- Zienlinski- Piers general denial not allowed to change
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| Rule 12(b)(6)- Failure to state a claim |
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- Haddle- Failed to state a claim,
- Stradford- Dentest, need to disclose details
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| Rule 11- Ethical Obligations |
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- Walker- Frivious claim knowing no diversity jurisdiction
- Mattle-Barbie it was copyrighted
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- Stradford- Dentist, need to disclose details
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- Aquaslie- slide injury wasnt their slide
- Moore- Back surgery not same transaction or occurrence
- Bonerb- Basketball rehab, same facts
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| Rule 13- Counterclaim and Crossclaim |
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- Plant- Payments, debt, counterclaim
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| Rule 20- Permissive joinder of parties |
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- Gm Corp- 10 P they were allowed to join
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| Rule 14- Third-Party Practice |
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- Price- Chicken house, Properly impleaded
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| Rule 19- Required Joinder of Parties |
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- Temple- Screw in back, tortfeasers are not required
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- Walmart- No class, individual claims
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| Rule 26(c)- Protective Orders |
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Definition
- Hickman- Tug boat, lawyer asked lawyer for stuff out of scope
- Kmart- Sexual harrasment, could have the stuff then had to do with sexual harrasment
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| Rule 56- Summary Judgment |
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Definition
- Celotex- Asbestos prodused evidence to show she had a case
- Bias- Cokehead basketball player, no genuin issue
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- Pa Railroad- Dude died in accident,witness said there was no crash
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- Lind- Liquor company, new trial
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| Rule 26(b)(1)- Discovery Scope and Limits |
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- Davis- Discrimiation, stuff from other employees is okay
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