Legal Opinion
Park v. Didden
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 10, 1982No. 81-2202PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing a civil action with prejudice at the pleading stage. To support the dismissal the district judge cited Rule 19 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. We conclude that the district court misunderstood and therefore misapplied the Rule.
Rule 19, titled “Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication,” was revised in 1966 to steer judges away from “a jurisprudence of labels.”1 The Rule does not characterize parties as “necessary,” and it uses the word…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Strawbridge v. CurtissSupreme Court of the United States · 1806
- Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Horn v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Ca 79-3053 Publicker Industries, Inc. And Continental Distilling Corporation v. Roman Ceramics CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Janney Montgomery Scott, Inc. v. Shepard Niles, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Appeal of Caddo Tribe of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Cloverleaf Standardbred Owners Association, Inc. v. The National Bank of Washington, a Banking Corporation of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Mills v. Aetna Fire Underwriters InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Newman-Green, Inc. v. Alejandro Alfonzo-Larrain R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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