Scarlett Goodwin v. Dewight Reynolds

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a voluntary dismissal may be improper “if it would cause [a] defendant to lose a substantial right”
• noting that a voluntary “[d]ismissal may be inappropriate . . . if it would cause [a] defendant to lose a substantial right”
• finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing a case under Rule 41(a)(2
• finding that voluntary dismissal “may be inappropriate” where it would “cause the defendant to lose a ‘substantial right’”
• concluding as a threshold issue that complete diversity existed before examining “forum defendant rule”
• interpreting addition of “properly joined and served” intended to prevent gamesmanship by plaintiffs, but also prevents gamesmanship by defendants

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).