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Practice question: Dismissal upon Notice by Plaintiff; Two-dismissal Rule

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Practice question

No answer has been served, but a motion for summary judgment has been served before the plaintiff’s notice. The plaintiff says only an answer can end the Section1 window. Which is best?
  1. The summary-judgment motion is irrelevant by definition
  2. The notice necessarily wins the case
  3. A plaintiff may ignore all served motions
  4. The defendant must serve both documents before the window closes
  5. Section1 identifies service of either the answer or a summary-judgment motion as the relevant cutoff

Legal references

  • Rule17 Section1: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html

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