Legal Opinion
Lantz v. New York Central Railroad
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided March 28, 1963No. Civ. A. No. 36766PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALBFLEISCH, District Judge.
Admissions sought under Rule 36 should not be of such great number and broad scope as to cover all the issues of a complex case. Reinauer Oil Transport (Dist.Mass., 1956), 19 F.R.D. 5; and Alaska Credit Bureau of Juneau v. Stevenson (D.C.Alaska, 1954), 15 F.R.D. 409; Moore’s Federal Practice, Section 36ff. Obviously, admissions should not be sought in an attempt to harass an opposing party. Likewise, there are times when, because of the sanctions imposed by Rule 37, requests for production of documents and the propounding of interrogatories are more appropriate…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Alaska Credit Bureau of Juneau v. StevensonDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1954
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Trabon Engineering Co. v. Eaton Manufacturing Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1964
- Anderson v. United Air Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Rosado v. Tribunal Superior de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1967
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