George V. Hamilton, Inc. v. Everett Co.

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• stating that defects reflecting party’s disregard for requirements of FRCP 4 generally not considered curable by amendment
• summons which lacked both the clerk's signature and the court's seal demonstrated complete disregard for Rule 4 requirements and could not be amended
• Rule 4(b) is “designed to assure a defendant that the summons was issued by the clerk of court and not by plaintiff. . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).