HUMOR: Legal Limerick Languished at End of Long Pleading
Plaintiff has a great deal to say,
But it seems he skipped Rule 8(a),
His Complaint is too long,
Which renders it wrong,
Please re-write and re-file today.
This was the decision-ending limerick reminding us that in notice pleading will have a "field" day with non-notice pleadings. 465 page complaint sent back to draftsman. From Federal Civil Practice Bulletin.
Judge Condemns Prolix Pleading; Pens Limerick at the End of the Order
However, the flip side may not be so flippant in the following post from the same blog:
Ninth Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Civil Rights Complaint that Had Been Dismissed for Prolixity
Being unable to resist the temptation, I submit the following in support of my legal limerick laureate's label. I just had to say that for the "L" of it. [updated. revised it without noting changes.]
A pleading he filed said alot,
It said much more than it ought,
He wrote way too much,
Got the judicial bum's rush,
Methinks his case may be shot.
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