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Cafasso v. General Dynamics C4 Systems (9th Cir. - March 24, 2011)

By Shaun Martin

As an analogue to the conversational principle "Whoever first compares the other side to Hitler loses the argument," I hereby propound the following litigation principle:

"Whoever attempts to file a proposed pleading in excess of a full ream of paper will lose the lawsuit."

Proof positive.

Proposed complaint is 733 pages.  Nope.  You lose.  Both below and on appeal.

Full post as published by California Appellate Report on March 28, 2011 (boomark / email).