Dismissal upon Notice by Plaintiff; Two-dismissal Rule

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1. Under Rule17 Section4, may the voluntary-notice mechanism apply to dismissal of a counterclaim?
2. No answer or summary-judgment motion has been served. Defendant privately drafts an answer but has not served it. Plain…
3. A party wants to dismiss its cross-claim by notice before any responsive pleading or summary-judgment motion is served.…
4. A third-party claim permits no responsive pleading in the stipulated setting. Its claimant files notice before any evid…
5. A plaintiff specifies with prejudice in its first otherwise proper Section1 notice. No two-dismissal history is needed …
6. Distinguish an answer privately drafted from an answer served for purposes of Section1’s notice window.
7. Explain how Section4 extends voluntary notice dismissal to a cross-claim or third-party complaint, including the altern…
8. A first proper notice expressly states with prejudice. Explain why the default rule does not necessarily override that …