Port of Tacoma v. S.S. Duval

How courts have described this case

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• finding that a document introduced by defendant as “an attack on the factual validity of the Plaintiff’s claims” is not appropriate for consideration on a motion to dismiss or a motion to amend
• applying Rule 15(c) relation back principles to a Rule 21 motion to add a party
• “A proposed amendment to add defendants may be considered futile ‘if the claims sought to be added are barred by the relevant statute of limitations.’”
• “Where, as here, a proposed amendment adds new parties, the propriety of amendment is governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21.”
• “argument [that] is simply an attack on the factual validity of the Plaintiffs’ claims . . . is irrelevant to the Court’s motion to amend analysis”
• “A proposed amendment to add defendants may be considered futile if the claims sought to be added are barred by the relevant statute of limitations.” (internal quotations and citation omitted)

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