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Pagination Table: RULES1

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RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

process in rem, in which case references in this rule to the
summons include the warrant of arrest, and references to the
third-party plaintiff or defendant include, where appropriate,
a person who asserts a right under Supplemental Rule
C(6)(b)(i) in the property arrested.
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(c) Admiralty and maritime claims.—When a plaintiff as-
serts an admiralty or maritime claim within the meaning of
Rule 9(h), the defendant or person who asserts a right under
Supplemental Rule C(6)(b)(i), as a third-party plaintiff, may
bring in a third-party defendant who may be wholly or partly
liable, either to the plaintiff or to the third-party plaintiff, by
way of remedy over, contribution, or otherwise on account
of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions
In such a case the third-party plaintiff may
or occurrences.
also demand judgment against the third-party defendant in
favor of the plaintiff, in which event the third-party defend-
ant shall make any defenses to the claim of the plaintiff as
well as to that of the third-party plaintiff in the manner pro-
vided in Rule 12 and the action shall proceed as if the plain-
tiff had commenced it against the third-party defendant as
well as the third-party plaintiff.

Rule 26. General provisions governing discovery; duty of

disclosure.

(a) Required disclosures; methods to discover additional

matter.

(1) Initial disclosures.—Except in categories of pro-
ceedings speciﬁed in Rule 26(a)(1)(E), or to the extent other-
wise stipulated or directed by order, a party must, without
awaiting a discovery request, provide to other parties:

(A) the name and, if known, the address and tele-
phone number of each individual likely to have discover-
able information that the disclosing party may use to
support its claims or defenses, unless solely for impeach-
ment, identifying the subjects of the information;

(B) a copy of, or a description by category and loca-
tion of, all documents, data compilations, and tangible