Scott Paper Co. v. National Casualty Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.

I must decide whether I should require joinder of, or dismiss for failure to join in this action, three absent parties which the defendant alleges to be necessary and indispensable under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19 because the absent parties’ interests will be prejudiced if they are not part of this action. After having notice served on the three absent parties soliciting their input on the pending motion, and having received no response to the notice, I now find after considering the practical considerations recommending for and…