Legal Opinion
Sommerfield v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 21, 2008No. 06 C 3132PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JEFFREY COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.
On June 30, 2008, Mr. Sommerfield sent to the City of Chicago 177 requests to admit. With subparts, the City estimates there are 234 separate requests. The City contends that the requests to admit are collectively excessive in number and individually are abusive, confusing, vague, ambiguous, hypothetical, and/or based on deposition testimony and thus need not be answered. It has moved to “quash” all 234. On July 17, 2008, I held a hearing that lasted at least 2/6 hours and considered the requests one-by-one.1 What became…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- New Hampshire v. MaineSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Crawford-El v. BrittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Lochner v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by12 opinions
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