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Supplementation Is Automatic

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

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  • Civil Procedure1

Example wrong choices

  • 19455_christian_school_retaliation · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice AYes, post-filing events require a brand-new lawsuit in every case.

    Why it's attractive

    Rule 15(d) is the specific route for post-filing events.

    Why it's wrong

    Rule 15(d) is the specific route for post-filing events.

  • 19455_christian_school_retaliation · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice BYes, supplemental pleadings are limited to pre-filing events.

    Why it's attractive

    Rule 15(d) by its terms covers post-filing events.

    Why it's wrong

    Rule 15(d) by its terms covers post-filing events.

  • 19455_christian_school_retaliation · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice CNo, because no court permission is ever needed for supplementation.

    Why it's attractive

    Rule 15(d) requires leave of court on just terms.

    Why it's wrong

    Rule 15(d) requires leave of court on just terms.

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