· 5/23/1986
Carol H. Pulitzer-Polster v. Samuel C. Pulitzer
Citations
- 784 F.2d 1305
How courts have described this case
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- finding that negative result in the federal suit may harm the absent parties’ efforts in the state suit
- noting that “a district court’s decision to dismiss for failure to join an indispensable party is properly reviewed under an abuse-of-discretion standard”
- explaining that “Rule 19’s emphasis on a careful examination of the facts means that a district court will ordinarily be in a better position to make a Rule 19 decision than a circuit court would be.”
- “[W]e must assess the factors set out in Rule 19(b), seeking to avoid manifest injustice while taking full cognizance of the practicalities involved.”
- “Rule 19 seeks to bring into a lawsuit all those persons who ought to be there by requiring joinder.”
- “Rule 19 seeks to bring into a lawsuit all those persons who ought to be there by requiring joinder.”
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Judges: Brown, Johnson, Jolly
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