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CONN v. GATX TERMINALS CORP.

No. 93-2550.

18 F.3d 417 (1994)

James J. CONN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GATX TERMINALS CORPORATION and Local Union No. 7-507, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Stayart (argued), Chicago, IL, for James J. Conn.

James W. Gladden, Jr., Barry A. White, Jeffrey S. Fowler (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for GATX Terminals Corp.

Gilbert Feldman (argued), Cornfield & Feldman, Chicago, IL, for Local Union No. 7-507, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Intern. Union.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require that the complaint contain "a short and plain statement of the claim," Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(2), and illustrate with complaints of half a page or less. Fed.R.Civ.P.App. Forms 318. James Conn's counsel filed a complaint that is 20 pages long and contains 120 separate paragraphs, plus a number of documents appended as exhibits. The detail of the complaint enabled...

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