Northeast Drilling, Inc. v. Inner Space Services, Inc.

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• explaining that “[b]ecause the trial was heard without a jury, [the] motion at the close of [the] case should have been characterized as a motion for judgment on partial findings under Fed. R. Civ. P. 52(c)” instead of Rule 50
• affirming district court decision to deny joinder under Rule 19 for failure to provide good cause under Rule 16
• subcontractor's delay in submitting invoices to general contractor negated general contractor's payment as a condition precedent to subcontractor's duty to pay a sub-subcontractor
• subcontractor’s delay in submitting invoices to general contractor negated general contractor’s payment as a condition precedent to subcontractor’s duty to pay a sub-subcontractor
• “[u]nder the so-called prevention doctrine, a con- tractual condition precedent is deemed excused when a promisor hinders or precludes fulfillment of a condition and that hindrance or preclusion contributes materially to the nonoccurrence of the condition.”
• Rule 16(b) applies to Rule 19(a) joinder

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).