Legal Opinion
Luxliner P.L. Export, Co. v. RDI/Luxliner, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 30, 1993No. 92-5530PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
Rule 25(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows a district court to join a corporation that succeeds to the interest of a party with, or substitute it for, its predecessor in a lawsuit. Acting pursuant to Rule 25(c), the district court joined a corporation on judgments entered against another corporation despite the presence of conflicting affidavits regarding whether the joined corporation was the initial judgment debtor’s successor in interest. Because we hold that the district court should have conducted a hearing to determine the joined…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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