Strandlund v. Hawley

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing a district court’s choice under Rule 21 regarding whether to sever claims or drop parties
• “[T]he ‘discretion delegated to the trial judge to dismiss under Rule 21 is restricted to what is “just.”’”
• an action dismissed without prejudice under Rule 21 “is treated for statute of limitations purposes as if it had never been filed” (quoting Elmore, 227 F.3d at 1011)
• interpreting “gratuitous harm” in the context of remedying misjoinder
• interpreting “gratuitous harm” in the context of remedying misjoinder
• reviewing dismissal for misjoinder under abuse of discretion standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).