Equal Rights Center v. Equity Residential

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• noting that, in determining whether severance is proper, courts may consider whether the issues to be severed are significantly different from one another, will require different witnesses or different documentary proof, and the potential prejudice to any party
• collecting cases and citing Swofford v. B & W Inc., 336 F.2d 406, 415 (5th Cir. 1964)
• adding further that “the very fact that plaintiff undertook a nationwide investigation of defendants’ violations is proof positive of plaintiff's concrete injury; the resources devoted to the two-year investigation were clearly ‘diverted.’ Nothing more is required.”

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