Community Redevelopment Agency v. Environmental Protection Agency

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing there is “no special appointment process” for choosing a representative in federal court
• observing, regarding lawsuit commenced by parent as “next friend” of minor child, that “Rule 17(c) permits an infant who lacks a general guardian to bring suit by his next friend, and special appointment process for the next friend is required”
• observing, regarding lawsuit commenced by parent as “next friend” of minor child, that “Rule 17(c) permits an infant who lacks a general guardian to bring suit by his next friend, and no special appointment process for the next friend is required”
• parent filing complaint on behalf of minor did not start running of statute of limitations against minor
• mother, who filed suit on behalf of minor daughter, against one defendant could sue additional defendant five years later
• “The rationale of the Rowland doctrine is that since an infant represented by a guardian has the capacity, despite his infancy, to bring suit through his guardian, there is no need to suspend the running of the statute of limitations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).