• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    A lawfirm’s watermark being deemed irrelevant or inconsequential as grounds for dismissal of a complaint seems like a rule that never applies to anybody else.

    • booly@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      It’s not a dismissal. It was stricken, with the option to refile the exact same substance in a new format.

      And this kind of stuff happens all the time, like when someone forgets to attach a table of contents, a certificate of compliance, a certificate of word count, an incorrect word count, improperly formatted documents, etc.

      This is a pretty common response to improper format, like certain courts that require a particular font, a particular page size, a particular spacing requirement, etc. Those usually have a written rule the court can point to and say “hey follow local rule so and so” and just make them re-file.

      It’s a little bit less common where someone violates an unwritten rule, and the court comes in and says “cmon you should’ve known better.” But it happens.

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      7 days ago

      Did you actually read the record? Because that’s not at all what happened. Go back and read the next paragraph.