John Staren and David Henner v. American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, a Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that a corporation received constructive notice under Rule 15(c) when the suit was originally filed against its president and a business associate
• reversing district court and permitting the substitution of a corporation for two individuals
• issue as to whether individuals purchased securities for their own account or as agents
• issue as to whether individuals purchased securities for their own account or as agents
• “notice [to the opposing party] is the critical element involved in Rule 15(c) determinations”
• “[Questions of motivation or intent are particularly inappropriate for summary judgment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).