· 9/29/2008
Bartfield v. Murphy
Citations
- 578 F. Supp. 2d 638
- 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75456
- 2008 WL 4380861
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that a LLC was a necessary party to “derivative claims raised on its behalf’
- concluding that an LLC had an interest in “derivative claims raised on its behalf” and thus was a necessary party
- concluding that an LLC had an interest in “derivative claims raised on its behalf” and thus was a necessary party
- dismissing derivative claims because joining the LLC' as a necessary party would destroy complete diversity where a plaintiff and a defendant were both members of the LLC
- “Plaintiffs characterization of his claim as one for declaratory relief does not remedy” his inability to join a non-diverse LLC as a defendant
- party indispensable where the plaintiff had a state court remedy that could avoid prejudice to any party
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Judges: Richard J. Holwell
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