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specific issue of adding a new party, and whether Rule 15 or Rule 21 applies to the addition of a party under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Fifth Circuit resolved this issue in McLellan,. Mississippi Power & Light Co., 526 F.2d 870 (56' Cir.), vacated in part on other grounds 545 F.2d 919 (5th Cir. 1

cause they were aware of the original plaintiffs' timely claims. The appellate court rejected this argument, citing this passage from Young ex rel. Nutramax Litig. Trust'. Lepone 305 F.3d 1 (I' Cir. 2002): [W]e repudiate the conceit that an action filed by one plaintiff gives a defendant notice of the impendi

specific issue of adding a new party, and whether Rule 15 or Rule 21 applies to the addition of a party under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Fifth Circuit resolved this issue in McLellan I. Mississippi Power & Light Co., 526 F.2d 870 (5th Cir.), vacated in part on other grounds 545 F.2d 919 (5th Cir.

cause they were aware of the original plaintiffs' timely claims. The appellate court rejected this argument, citing this passage from Young ex rel. Nutramax Litig. Trust I. Lepone, 305 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2002): [W]e repudiate the conceit that an action filed by one plaintiff gives a defendant notice of the impe

, which required leave of court. Since leave was not obtained by plaintiff, the district court dismissed the complaint as to the unions. On appeal, the Fifth Circuit posed the question: Which rule takes precedence if a party attempts to drop or add parties by an amended pleading filed before a responsive pleadin

cause they were aware of the original plaintiffs' timely claims. The appellate court rejected this argument, citing this passage from Young ex rel. Nutramax Litig. Trust I. Lepone, 305 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2002): [W]e repudiate the conceit that an action filed by one plaintiff gives a defendant notice of the impe