Hines v. Wilson's Admrx.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that party moving to dismiss claim under Rule 12(b)(7) for failure to join a required party bears the burden of proving that absent party should be joined
• stating at the pleading stage of the litigation, a party may assert inconsistent or alternative claims
• applying Bacardi to hold “that an existing party may pursue or be subject to further litigation against other absent parties has no effect on the analysis under Rule 19(a)(1)(A)”
• the party seeking to dismiss has the burden to show why an absent party should be joined

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).