Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. Lerner Stores Corp.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 23, 1949No. 3112 — 47PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., which relates to pretrial, provides that the Court shall make an order which recites the action taken at the pretrial hearing. This order when entered controls the subsequent course of the action, unless modified at the trial to prevent manifest injuries.
One of the chief purposes of pretrial procedure, and the principal usefulness of a pretrial order, is to formulate the issues to be litigated at the trial. The parties are bound by the pretrial order. They may not later inject an issue not raised at the…
2Cited by20 opinions
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