See 6 Tenn. Laws Ter. Note to Subdivision c. Note to Subdivisions e and f. Note to Subdivision g. Rules of Pleading, Practice and Procedure, 38 N. Rules of the Superior Courts, 1 Wash. Remington, p. Note to Subdivision h. Compare Calif. This rule continues U. Subdivision a. Various minor alterations in language have been made to improve the statement of the rule.
All references to bills of particulars have been stricken in accordance with changes made in subdivision e. Subdivision b. Rules Serv. In one case, United States v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Rule 12 b 6 , permitting a motion to dismiss for failure of the complaint to state a claim on which relief can be granted, is substantially the same as the old demurrer for failure of a pleading to state a cause of action. Some courts have held that as the rule by its terms refers to statements in the complaint, extraneous matter on affidavits, depositions or otherwise, may not be introduced in support of the motion, or to resist it.
On the other hand, in many cases the district courts have permitted the introduction of such material. When these cases have reached circuit courts of appeals in situations where the extraneous material so received shows that there is no genuine issue as to any material question of fact and that on the undisputed facts as disclosed by the affidavits or depositions, one party or the other is entitled to judgment as a matter of law, the circuit courts, properly enough, have been reluctant to dispose of the case merely on the face of the pleading, and in the interest of prompt disposition of the action have made a final disposition of it.
In dealing with such situations the Second Circuit has made the sound suggestion that whatever its label or original basis, the motion may be treated as a motion for summary judgment and disposed of as such. Samara v. United States C. General Motors Corp.
See also Kithcart v. The Committee entertains the view that on motion under Rule 12 b 6 to dismiss for failure of the complaint to state a good claim, the trial court should have authority to permit the introduction of extraneous matter, such as may be offered on a motion for summary judgment, and if it does not exclude such matter the motion should then be treated as a motion for summary judgment and disposed of in the manner and on the conditions stated in Rule 56 relating to summary judgments, and, of course, in such a situation, when the case reaches the circuit court of appeals, that court should treat the motion in the same way.
The Committee believes that such practice, however, should be tied to the summary judgment rule. Where extraneous matter is received, by tying further proceedings to the summary judgment rule the courts have a definite basis in the rules for disposing of the motion. The Committee emphasizes particularly the fact that the summary judgment rule does not permit a case to be disposed of by judgment on the merits on affidavits, which disclose a conflict on a material issue of fact, and unless this practice is tied to the summary judgment rule, the extent to which a court, on the introduction of such extraneous matter, may resolve questions of fact on conflicting proof would be left uncertain.
The decisions dealing with this general situation may be generally grouped as follows: 1 cases dealing with the use of affidavits and other extraneous material on motions; 2 cases reversing judgments to prevent final determination on mere pleading allegations alone. Under group 1 are: Boro Hall Corp. Caldwell C. Munch C. American-La France Foamite Corp. American Window Glass Co. Association of American Railroads C.
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. Bareco Oil Co. Morrison Hotel Corp. Manning C. Southern Pacific Co. Delano C. Forrestal N. Export Equipment Corp. Gould Pumps, Inc. Kohler v. Jacobs C. Under group 2 are: Sparks v. England C. Shober C. Palmer C.
Crowley's Inc. State Mutual Life Assurance Co. Vogel C. United States Bottlers Machinery Co. Edward Katzinger Co. Realty Corp. Hannegan C. Durning C. Sealright Co. Glenn L. Martin Co. The addition at the end of subdivision b makes it clear that on a motion under Rule 12 b 6 extraneous material may not be considered if the court excludes it, but that if the court does not exclude such material the motion shall be treated as a motion for summary judgment and disposed of as provided in Rule It will also be observed that if a motion under Rule 12 b 6 is thus converted into a summary judgment motion, the amendment insures that both parties shall be given a reasonable opportunity to submit affidavits and extraneous proofs to avoid taking a party by surprise through the conversion of the motion into a motion for summary judgment.
In this manner and to this extent the amendment regularizes the practice above described. As the courts are already dealing with cases in this way, the effect of this amendment is really only to define the practice carefully and apply the requirements of the summary judgment rule in the disposition of the motion.
Subdivision c. The sentence appended to subdivision c performs the same function and is grounded on the same reasons as the corresponding sentence added in subdivision b. Subdivision d. The change here was made necessary because of the addition of defense 7 in subdivision b. Subdivision e. References in this subdivision to a bill of particulars have been deleted, and the motion provided for is confined to one for a more definite statement, to be obtained only in cases where the movant cannot reasonably be required to frame an answer or other responsive pleading to the pleading in question.
With respect to preparations for trial, the party is properly relegated to the various methods of examination and discovery provided in the rules for that purpose. Slusher v. Disclaimer: The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure have been reproduced here in their entirety and are being provided as a courtesy and free of charge. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these rules as of the date reproduced herein, these rules are provided with no guaranty or warranty, whatsoever, as to accuracy or currentness.
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