Jennings v. Emry

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1990-08-16

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ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge. Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires a complaint to contain “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(2). In this case, the statement in the Appellants’ complaint is not short; rather, it is a lengthy 55 pages and 433 rhetorical paragraphs. The statement also is not plain; rather, it is prolix, disjointed,…

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