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All Claimants Must Be From The Same State

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

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  • Civil Procedure1

Example wrong choices

  • 18018_lydia_tutoring_interpleader · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice AStatutory interpleader is available only when all claimants are citizens of the same state.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice states a same-state-only rule that is the opposite of the statutory diversity trigger.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice states a same-state-only rule that is the opposite of the statutory diversity trigger.

  • 18018_lydia_tutoring_interpleader · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice BStatutory interpleader fails because depositing the fund with the court is never permitted.

    Why it's attractive

    The stem itself says Naomi deposits the fund, and statutory interpleader permits deposit or bond.

    Why it's wrong

    The stem itself says Naomi deposits the fund, and statutory interpleader permits deposit or bond.

  • 18018_lydia_tutoring_interpleader · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice CStatutory interpleader fails because the stakeholder must be diverse from every claimant.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice imports the stakeholder-vs-every-claimant diversity test from rule interpleader into statutory interpleader.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice imports the stakeholder-vs-every-claimant diversity test from rule interpleader into statutory interpleader.

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