Russell v. Standard Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that \privity of contract alone is an insufficient identity of interest for relation back under rule 15(c)\
• explaining that when ruling on a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, the court must construe the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff and indulge all reasonable inferences in his favor
• noting that identity of interest exists when existing parties and those sought to be added are so closely related “ ‘that notice of the action against one serves to provide notice of the action to the other’ ”
• rejecting claim of identity of interest in libel action based solely on use of similar material in newspaper articles pursuant to agreement

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