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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 647 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Proctor v. Applegate.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Proctor v. Applegate Anchor
mied · 2009
green “a civil plaintiff may not name more than one defendant in his original or amended complaint unless one claim against each additional defendant is transactionally related to the claim against the first defendant and involves a common question of law or fact.” 137
2 Proctor v. Applegate
mied · 2009
green “the time period during which the alleged acts occurred; whether the acts . . . are related; whether more than one act . . . is alleged; whether the same supervisors were involved, and whether the defendants were at different geographical locations.” 133
3 Michaels Building Company v. Ameritrust Company
ca6 · 1988
green “dismissal of claims against misjoined parties is appropriate.” 120
4 Strandlund v. Hawley
ca8 · 2008
green “gratuitous harm to the parties.” 118
5 Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, L. P.
scotus · 2004
green “by now, 'it is well settled that rule 21 invests district courts with authority to allow a dispensable nondiverse party to be dropped at any time . . . .” 113
6 Proctor v. Applegate
mied · 2009
green “unless one claim against each additional defendant is transactionally related to the claim against the first defendant and involves a common question of law or fact” 26

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