Judgment on the Pleadings (Rule 34)

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1. If the answer raises an ostensible issue whose alleged sham character must be established through supporting materials,…
2. The pleadings contain no ostensible factual issue and otherwise satisfy Rule 34. The defendant demands pretrial solely …
3. An answer raises an affirmative defense. The claimant relies on supporting material to show that defense is sham and se…
4. Counsel cites Laqui as holding that the actual lower-court judgment was correctly characterized as judgment on the plea…
5. A defendant genuinely lacks sufficient knowledge of an allegation and makes a denial in the manner Rule 8 authorizes. T…
6. Distinguish no ostensible issue in the pleadings from an ostensible issue shown to be sham.
7. Explain Laqui’s actual correction of the lower courts’ judgment category.
8. Why does absence of pretrial not necessarily invalidate a proper judgment on the pleadings?