Legal Opinion
Franconia Associates v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided July 16, 2004No. 97-381CPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ALLEGRA, Judge.
The complaint in this action lists 31 unrelated plaintiffs. Technically speaking, the question whether these parties are properly grouped in this single action involves joinder of parties, as opposed to joinder of claims, a matter that is governed by RCFC 19(a) and 20(a).
This case is not one involving parties needed for adjudication ¡ under RCFC 19(a). Thus, the question whether there is proper joinder of the parties here is controlled by RCFC 20(a), which provides that “[a]ll persons may join in one action as plaintiffs if they assert any right to relief jointly,…
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