Legal Opinion
Schiavone v. Fortune
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 18, 1986No. 84-1839PublishedCited by 826 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
This case primarily concerns Rule 15(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and its application to a less-than-precise denomination of a defendant in complaints filed in federal court near the expiration of the period of limitations. Because of an apparent conflict among the Courts of Appeals,1 we granted certiorari. 474 U. S. 814 (1985).
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