Landes v. Capital City Bank

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Petitioner Michael Landes challenges a decision of the court of appeals upholding a grant of summary judgment in favor of respondent Capital City Bank (“Capital”) on a guarantee agreement, signed by Landes and the other plaintiffs, that was appurtenant to a note held in part by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”). Landes had opposed the grant of summary judgment on grounds that, inter alia, the SBA was an indispensable party. The trial court disagreed. Before the court of appeals, Landes argued that the trial court failed to explain adequately its conclusion that the…