Applewhite v. Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Rule 21 gives the court “discretion to sever an action if it . . . might otherwise cause delay or prejudice”
• holding that Rule 21 gives the court “discretion to sever an action if it . . . might otherwise cause delay or prejudice”
• stating that a district court has discretion to sever an action to avoid delay and prejudice
• noting that Rule 42(b) permits severance for trial for efficiency and to avoid prejudice
• affirming denial of class certification when “plaintiffs’ brief fail[ed] to address the requirements of Rule 23(b)(3)”
• “[T]he district court also has discretion to sever claims under Rule 42(b), in furtherance of convenience or economy, or to prevent prejudice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).