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Creedon v. Taubman

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division
Dec 23, 1947
8 F.R.D. 268 (N.D. Ohio 1947)

Opinion

Action by Frank R. Creedon, Housing Expediter, Office of the Housing Expediter, against Ruth Taubman, under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq. On defendant's motion for leave to file answers to plaintiff's request for admissions, and plaintiff's motion for summary judgment.

Motion for leave to file answers denied, and summary judgment entered for plaintiff in accordance with opinion.

Paul Marshall, of Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff.

Arthur J. Ritari, of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, for defendant.


JONES, District Judge.

In this case the motion for leave to file answer to request for admissions was not filed until September 11, 1947, one week after the filing of the motion for summary judgment. The request for admissions was filed August 12, 1947. In such circumstances I do not see how the illness of the defendant can present substantial reason for not responding earlier. Nor were any answers tendered with the motion. Extensions always may be asked for, and usually are granted upon a showing of good cause, if timely made, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, rule 6(b)(1), 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c; but upon the facts presented here it does not appear to be a case calling for the permission provided by Rule 6(b)(2). Now to grant a motion to permit the latter filing of answer to the plaintiff's request for admissions not only would prejudice the plaintiff's pursuit of remedy and entail further delay, but it would put a premium upon lack of diligence.

The case arose under the 1942 Emergency Price Control Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq., now lapsed. The complaint was filed on May 2, 1947 and relates to alleged violations committed between April 28, 1946 and February 28, 1947. It is in the interest of closing out such litigation that the action hereinafter noted seems abundantly justified and, as I think, without undue prejudice to the defendant's rights.

The motion for leave to file with be denied, and upon the facts presented, summary judgment may be entered for the sum of $165, which is calculated as treble damages. The demand for mandatory injunctive relief in respect of restitution is thought not likely to be effective and, if granted, has in it potentialities of further proceedings.


Summaries of

Creedon v. Taubman

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division
Dec 23, 1947
8 F.R.D. 268 (N.D. Ohio 1947)
Case details for

Creedon v. Taubman

Case Details

Full title:CREEDON v. TAUBMAN.

Court:United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division

Date published: Dec 23, 1947

Citations

8 F.R.D. 268 (N.D. Ohio 1947)

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