Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co. v. Ellis

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that our cases “permit the naming of fictitious defendants as stand-ins until the identities can be learned through discovery”
• reading ambiguous provision of consent decree “in light of the parties’ jointly intended purpose” (internal quotation omitted)
• reading ambiguous provision of consent decree \in light of the parties' jointly intended purpose\ (internal quotation omitted)
• reading ambiguous provision of consent decree \in light of the parties' jointly intended purpose\ (internal quotation omitted)
• announcing de novo review despite admitted ambiguity

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