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Rule 28. Suits in Assumed Name
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A partnership or other unincorporated association, or an individual doing business under an assumed name, may sue or be sued in the partnership, assumed or common name for the purpose of enforcing for or against it a substantive right.
Source: Part of Federal Rule 17 (b).
Change: Addition of “an individual doing business under an assumed name,” and partnership or common name.
Oct. 29, 1940, eff. Sept. 1, 1941.
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