Challenge Homes, Inc. v. Greater Naples Care Center, Inc. And Wendell L. Kramer

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• holding absent party to be not necessary despite his inter- est in avoiding a finding that he breached fiduciary duty
• declining to join a non-party because “the only persons with any interest in the lease at issue are Challenge and GNCC, both of whom are before the court”
• “Because [the absent party] is not a party to this suit and will not have an opportunity to litigate his involvement in the questioned transaction, he will not be legally bound by the judgment under principles of res judicata or collateral estoppel”
• “[T]he court must [first] ascertain under the standards of Rule 19(a) whether the person in question is one who should be joined if feasible. If the person should be joined but cannot be (because, for example, joinder would divest the court of jurisdiction
• “[T]he court must [first] ascertain under the standards of Rule 19(a) whether the person in question is one who should be joined if feasible. If the person should be joined but cannot be (because, for example, joinder would divest the court of jurisdiction
• “[T]he court must [first] ascertain under the standards of Rule 19(a) whether the person in question is one who should be joined if feasible. If the person should be joined but cannot be (because, for example, joinder would divest the court of jurisdiction

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