Brown v. Superior Court of Fresno Cnty.

PEÑA, J.

*689*1210Plaintiff Larry Brown obtained assignments from 1,117 borrowers transferring (1) a 100 percent interest in causes of action relating to their home loans and (2) a 5 percent ownership interest in the real estate securing the home loans. Brown then pursued those causes of action by filing a lawsuit against various entities involved in originating, servicing, or enforcing those loans. Some of the defendants filed a motion to compel joinder of the borrowers, contending the borrowers were both necessary and indispensable *1211parties to the litigation under California's compulsory joinder…