United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corporation

WYZANSKI, District Judge.

There are before me defendant’s motion for a more definite statement and for a bill of particulars and plaintiff’s motion; as amended, for production of documents.

I deny in toto defendant’s motion for a more definite statement and for a bill of particulars. My consistent practice in civil cases has been narrowly to restrict the granting of motions for a more definite statement and for bills of particulars. Like the majority of courts whose opinions are cited in the report prepared by the Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure, I have viewed Rule 12(e), Federal…