Legal Opinion
Sims v. Tinney
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided September 16, 1977No. Civ. A. 77-908PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION OF DEFENDANT AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION, INC. TO DISMISS COMPLAINT
HEMPHILL, District Judge.
The complaint in this case is rambling and verbose, and in violation of Rule 8 of the Rules of Civil Procedure; 1 it revolves around a dispute as to the merits of two different philosophies towards the practice of chiropractic. Plaintiffs see themselves as “pure” practitioners, limiting themselves to what they consider the “fundamental” principles of the profession; they do not prescribe drugs and vitamins, use electrical apparatus or engage in forms of treatment that is…
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