American General Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Larry Wood

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• explaining that the movant must show that the absentee is “needed for just adjudication”
• explaining that the movant must show that the absentee is “needed for just adjudication”
• describing case that excluded CBAs from the FAA and characterizing Circuit City as having overruled that holding
• affirming district court holding that a third party “had not claimed an interest in the federal action, and therefore, joinder was not required under Rule 19(a)(2)”
• observing that the burden of showing that a “person who was not joined is needed for a just adjudication” falls on the person asserting Rule 19 nonjoinder (quoting 7 Charles A. Wright, Arthur R. Miller & Mary Kay Kane, Federal Practice & Procedure § 1609 (3d ed. 2001))
• listing elements movant must establish in support of motion to compel arbitration

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