U.S. Code, Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, Appendix

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Rule 21. Misjoinder and Non-Joinder of Parties

     Misjoinder of parties is not ground for dismissal of an action. Parties may be dropped or added by order of the court on motion of any party or of its own initiative at any stage of the action and on such terms as are just. Any claim against a party may be severed and proceeded with separately.

Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules—1937

     See English Rules Under the Judicature Act (The Annual Practice, 1937) O. 16, r. 11. See also [former] Equity Rules 43 (Defect of Parties—Resisting Objection) and 44 (Defect of Parties—Tardy Objection).

     For separate trials see Rules 13(i) (Counterclaims and Cross-Claims: Separate Trials; Separate Judgments), 20(b) (Permissive Joinder of Parties: Separate Trials), and 42(b) (Separate Trials, generally) and the note to the latter rule.

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Chicago: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "Rule 21. Misjoinder and Non-Joinder of Parties," U.S. Code, Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, Appendix in U.S. Code, Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, Appendix (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed June 4, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H48VKVNWUCSRLKX.

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