Motion for a Receivership: Making and Opposing the Motion Checklist (Federal)

Summary

This checklist discusses how to obtain a receivership in a federal case and covers topics such as justification for a receivership, federal court's authority to appoint a receiver, when a receiver is appropriate, who may serve as a receiver, Rule 66 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, jurisdiction, application and procedures, opposing the application, less drastic remedies, and implementing a receivership.