N.D.R.Civ.P.
RULE 20. PERMISSIVE JOINDER OF PARTIES
(a) Permissive joinder Persons Who May Join or Be
Joined.
(1) Plaintiffs. All persons
Persons may join in one action as plaintiffs if:
(A) they assert any right to relief jointly, severally, or in the
alternative in with respect of
to or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or
occurrences;
and
(B) if any question of law or fact
common to all these persons plaintiffs will arise in the
action.
(2) Defendants. All persons
Persons may be joined in one action as defendants if:
(A) there any right to relief
is asserted against them jointly, severally, or in the alternative,
any right to relief in with respect of to or
arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or
series of transactions or occurrences; and
(B) if any question of law or fact
common to all defendants will arise in the action.
(3) Extent of Relief. A Neither
a plaintiff or nor a defendant need
not be interested in
obtaining or defending against all the relief demanded. Judgment may be given
for The court
may grant judgment to one or more of the plaintiffs according to
their respective rights to
relief, and against one or more defendants according to their
respective liabilities.
(b) Separate trials Protective
Measures.The court may make such issue orders,
including
an order for separate trials, as will prevent to protect a
party from being embarrassed,
delayed, or put to against embarrassment, delay, expense by the
inclusion of a party, or other
prejudice that arises from including a person against whom the
offended party asserts no
claim and who asserts no claim against the offended party, and
may order separate trials or
make other orders to prevent delay or prejudice, and may direct a final judgment upon a
claim of or against one or more parties in accordance with the provisions of Rule
54(b).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Rule 20 was amended, effective March 1, 2011.
This rule is derived from Rule
Fed.R.Civ.P. 20, FRCivP, except for the deletion of a
reference to admiralty process in subdivision (a) and the addition to subdivision (b)
authorizing the court to direct a final judgment under Rule 54(b).
Rule 20 was amended, effective March 1, 2011, in response to the December 1, 2007, revision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The language and organization of the rule were changed to make the rule more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules.
Subdivision (b) was amended, effective March 1, 1990. The amendment is technical in nature and no substantive change is intended.
Sources: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of April 24-25,
2008, page 29; April 20,
1989, page 2; December 3, 1987, page 11; September 20-21, 1979, page 13;
Rule
Fed.R.Civ.P. 20, FRCivP.
Statutes Affected:
Superseded: N.D.R.C. 1943 §§ 28-0205,
28-0206, 28-0207, 28-0210, 28-1213, 29-2003(1).
Cross Reference: Rules
N.D.R.Civ.P. 18 (Joinder of Claims and Remedies), N.D.R.Civ.P.
19 (Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication); N.D.R.Civ.P. 21 (Misjoinder and
Non-joinder of Parties), N.D.R.Civ.P. 42 (Consolidation - Separate Trials), and
N.D.R.Civ.P.
54 (Judgment - Costs), N.D.R.Civ.P.