Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. Patterson

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that “[t]he decision whether to dismiss (i.e., the decision whether the person missing is ‘indispensable’
• stating that although “a critical issue of fact was the same in the underlying state action as in the federal declaratory judgment action, the “ultimate” issue in the cases was different and the declaratory judgment action should be entertained
• noting “we reaffirm our prior holding that a federal district court should, in the exercise of discretion, decline to exercise jurisdiction over a diversity action raising issues of state law when those same issues are being presented contemporaneously to state courts”
• “Pragmatic concerns rather than conclusory labels now control.... [T]he opinions in most ... decisions point out the particular competing interests involved in the case.”
• “[ajfter trial, considerations of efficiency of course include the fact that the time and expense of a trial have already been spent”
• court of appeals should take steps “on its own initiative” to fulfill Rule 19 policies

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).