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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

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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