Lau v. Bautista

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that where joinder of a necessary party is feasible, the court need not proceed under Rule 19(b) to determine whether to proceed or dismiss for lack of an indispensable party
• noting that if joinder is feasible, then the court need not proceed under HRCP Rule 19(b)
• noting that “[w]here joinder [of a necessary person] is feasible, the court need not proceed under [HRCP] Rule 19(b) to determine whether to proceed or dismiss for lack of an indispensable party”
• “Under [HRCP] Rule 19(a), if such a person has not been joined, the court shall order that he be made a party.”
• “a lease is essentially a contractual relationship”
• A lease is “essentially a contractual relationship.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).