2007 U.S. Code
Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 28 - APPENDIX
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE FOR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS1
Rule 21 - Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE TITLE 28 - APPENDIX RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE FOR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS1 TITLE IV. PARTIES Rule 21 - Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties |
| Contains | rule 21 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 8, 2008 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | As amended Apr. 30, 2007, eff. Dec. 1, 2007. |
Rule 21. Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
Misjoinder of parties is not a ground for dismissing an action. On motion or on its own, the court may at any time, on just terms, add or drop a party. The court may also sever any claim against a party.
(As amended Apr. 30, 2007, eff. Dec. 1, 2007.)
Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules—1937See 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.
Committee Notes on Rules—2007 AmendmentThe language of Rule 21 has been amended as part of the general restyling of the Civil Rules to make them more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules. These changes are intended to be stylistic only.
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