King Vision Pay Per View, Ltd. v. J.C. Dimitri's Restaurant, Inc.
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
180 F.R.D. 332 (N.D. Ill. 1998)
Relevant factsFree
King Vision Pay Per View, Ltd. (King Vision) (plaintiff) sued J.C. Dimitri's Restaurant, Inc. and James Chelios (defendants), who filed a 35-paragraph response in which 30 paragraphs stated only that they "[n]either admit nor deny the allegations of said Paragraph—, but demand strict proof thereof"; the district court issued a sua sponte opinion addressing this responsive pleading.
IssueFree
Whether, if a defendant's response to a complaint fails to admit or deny the allegations in flagrant violation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(b), the court may treat the response as admitting the allegations.
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