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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 | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proctor v. Applegate Anchor | 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 | 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 | green | “dismissal of claims against misjoined parties is appropriate.” | 120 |
| 4 | Strandlund v. Hawley | green | “gratuitous harm to the parties.” | 118 |
| 5 | Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, L. P. | 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 | 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 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.