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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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