Legal Opinion
Swanson v. Van Otterloo
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided January 31, 1998No. C 96-4053-MWBPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON APPEAL OF RULING
BENNETT, District Judge.
As a federal district court judge cogently observed more than a decade ago, “The Magistrate’s Scheduling Order is not a frivolous piece of paper, idly entered, which can be cavalierly disregarded by counsel without peril.” Gestetner Carp. v. Case Equip. Co., 108 F.R.D. 138, 141 (D.Me.1985). However, should defendants be precluded by a deadline for motions to amend pleadings in such a scheduling order from asserting an affirmative defense simply because they only “discovered” that defense while preparing a motion for…
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- Angela M. Phelps v. John D. McClellanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
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