""A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally," Merryday wrote in a four-page order. "This action will begin, will continue, and will end in accord with the rules of procedure and in a professional and dignified manner.""
""We welcome the judge's quick ruling, which recognized that the complaint was a political document rather than a serious legal filing," spokesman Charlie Stadtlander said Friday."
""As every lawyer knows (or is presumed to know), a complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective - not a protected platform to rage against an adversary," wrote Merryday, an appointment of former President George H.W. Bush. "Although lawyers receive a modicum of expressive latitude in pleading the claim of a client, the complaint in this action extends far beyond the outer bound of that latitude.""
A federal judge dismissed President Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, finding the 85-page complaint overly long and filled with needless, "tedious and burdensome" language. The judge faulted the filing for using a complaint as a political platform and noted the first defamation count did not appear until page 80. The suit targeted four Times journalists over a book and three articles published within two months before the election. The Times called the suit meritless and an attempt to discourage independent reporting. The judge allowed a 28-day window to file an amended complaint capped at 40 pages.
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