Marvel Characters, Inc. v. Kirby

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• holding that a party’s absence did not require dismissal under Rule 19(b) where the absent party “ha[d] his interests adequately represented by someone with the same interests who is a party”
• noting that “synthesiz[ing] dense or voluminous historical texts” and offering “context that illuminates or places in perspective past events” are proper uses of historical expertise
• noting that “synthesizing] dense or voluminous historical texts” and offering “context that illuminates or places in perspective past events” are proper uses of historical expertise
• holding work was for hire due in part to hiring party’s “active involvement in the creative process, coupled with its power to reject pages and request that they be redone”
• suggesting that “the hiring party’s provision of tools, resources, or overhead may be controlling”
• noting that the overall purpose of the expense requirement is to \reward[] with ownership the party that bears the risk with respect to the work's success\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).