Legal Opinion
Connecticut National Mortgage Co. v. Richard P. Brandstatter
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 1990No. 89-2688PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in this diversity suit to foreclose a mortgage was first served with the complaint on April 4, 1989, and so his answer was due on April 24. Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(a). No answer was filed, but since the plaintiff filed an amended complaint that day, the defendant had another ten days in which to file his answer. Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a). The ten days came and went; no answer. The plaintiff notified the defendant that it would present a motion for the entry of an order of default and for entry of judgment at the status hearing scheduled for July 12. The defendant arrived…
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- North Central Illinois Laborers' District Council v. S.J. Groves & Sons Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Chrysler Credit Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Joseph L. MacInoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Edward E. Simons v. Anne M. Gorsuch, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency of the U.S.A.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- King v. SigrestMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
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