4 Moore's Federal Practice - Civil § 18.02

Summary

• [1] Misjoinder of Claims Is Impossible

  The Rule governing joinder of claims imposes no procedural restrictions on the number or type of claims a plaintiff (or other claimant) may assert in a single case. Under the claim joinder rule, a claimant “may join as many claims, legal, equitable, or maritime,” as the claimant has against the defending party.1

  Rule 18 complements the Rule permitting the pleading of inconsistent allegations, remedies, and theories.2 The goal of open-ended claim joinder is to permit a claimant to assert an entire ...