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· 6/25/1956

American Fidelity and Casualty Company, Inc. v. The Greyhound Corporation

Citations

  • 232 F.2d 89

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that in a declaratory judgment action, it was proper to allow a third-party tort claim under Rule 14
  • “It is settled that impleader under Rule 14(a) does not require an identity of claims, or even that the claims rest on the same theory.”
  • common issues in two actions closely intertwined; third-party defendant not prejudiced
  • allowing impleader to promote judicial economy

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Judges: Tuttle, Cameron, Jones

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