Harris v. Greenberg’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “It is quite obvious that this reply came too late and there is inadequate excuse given for delay____ Plaintiff had no right to expect further indulgence ... if we are to make any progress toward the ideal set up in Pa.R.C.P. 126 of securing a just, speedy and inexpensive determination of any action or proceeding to which the rules are applicable. Certainly the rules are not to be liberally construed in a way the plaintiff here suggests to thwart this ideal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 139 Pa. Commw. 574 - City of Philadelphia v. Spencer