Robert W. Johnston v. H. G. Cartwright, Kiowa Corporation, Walter Brown and H. G. Cartwright v. Robert W. Johnston

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• holding that it is not material when dismissing party on plaintiff’s motion if courts act under Rule 15(a) which relates to pleading amendments, Rule 21 which concerns misjoinder, or Rule 41 which concerns dismissal of actions
• holding hearing was not necessary where defendant’s attorney had notice of motion to dismiss but sought no protective relief
• applying absolute privilege to a statement to a newspaper when all signs pointed to emerging litigation and the newspaper was a potential party
• 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) “has no pertinency” to order “which has attained finality for appeal purposes”
• expressing the court’s preference to view Rule 41(a) liberally

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).