Legal Opinion
GOLDEN COMMISSARY CORPORATION v. Shipley
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 10, 1960No. 2468PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
A seven days’ trial has produced here a record containing more than 1,200 pages of reporter’s transcript with voluminous exhibits, and yet we find the material facts of the case largely undisputed. Appellants say that the lengthy trial and bulky record are due to appellee’s filing of a general denial, thereby forcing appellants to prove many facts which should have been admitted. Appellee counters by saying that the complaint, instead of containing a short and plain statement of the claim, was so lengthy, vague and redundant that it could not be intelligently answered…
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- Melvin v. PenceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Hall v. Hollywood Credit Clothing CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- Soffos v. EatonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Peckham v. Union Finance Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1931
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- Security Underground Storage, Inc. v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
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