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OCTOBER EXTRA 1994
 
Overview of topics...

Lead Note:

THE NEW BILL OF PARTICULARS PRACTICE: "PRECLUSION" ROUTINE OUT; MOTIONS REDUCED; PENALTIES INCREASED--PART 3

The New Filing System:

 

  • Effect of Omitting Index Number and Filing Date
  • Alteration of Filing Date to Extend 120 Days

General Practice:

 

  • Undermining Small Claims Court with Routine Removal

Federal Practice:

 

  • "Special Proceeding" in Federal Court: Need Marshal Be the Process Server?

Open Citation:

 

  • Boulware (Issue 21/Page 3): 161 Misc.2d 435, 613 N.Y.S.2d 580.
  • North Side (Issue 21/Page 2): 161 Misc.2d 518, 614 N.Y.S.2d 706.
  • Siriano (Issue 21/Page 2): 161 Misc.2d 512, 614 N.Y.S.2d 700.

 ARTICLE HEADLINES

SYNOPSIS OF PART 3 OF BILL OF PARTICULARS TREATMENT

FEATURE ARTICLE:
THE NEW BILL OF PARTICULARS PRACTICE: "PRECLUSION" ROUTINE OUT; MOTIONS REDUCED; PENALTIES INCREASED--PART 3

•  Subdivision (d): Penalties on Recipient of Demand for Failure to Comply

• Subdivision (e): Penalties on Demander for Improper or Burdensome Demand

• The "Such Order as Is Just" Phrase

 


• Review of the Subdivisions of Old CPLR 3042: Where Do They End Up Now?

•  Effective Date and Retroactivity


 
THE FILING SYSTEM

SUMMONS OMISSION VOIDS JURISDICTION:
Omitting Both Index Number and Date of Filing from Summons Is Jurisdictional Defect and Requires Vacatur of Judgment

ALTERATION OF FILING DATE:
Attempt to Alter Filing Date So As to Extend the 120 Days for Service

 
 
GENERAL PRACTICE

UNDERMINING SMALL CLAIMS COURT:
Routine Practice of Transfering Small Claims to Regular Part of Court, Subjecting Them to Arbitration and Trial de Novo, Overturned by County Court

 
FEDERAL PRACTICE

"SPECIAL PROCEEDING" IN FEDERAL COURT: DOES MARSHAL HAVE TO SERVE THE NOTICE OF PETITION?
         
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