Legal Opinion
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 29, 1999No. B125877PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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MASTERSON, J.
This case presents the question of whether, under the rules governing the joinder of parties, a trial court can require a plaintiff to sue all of the participants in an alleged scheme to defraud even though the plaintiff wants to sue only some of them. Plaintiff contends that it can choose which tortfeasors to sue. We agree.
Background
Plaintiff Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., is a mortgage banker in the business of originating, purchasing, selling, and servicing mortgage loans. As part of its business, Countrywide purchases loans from correspondent lenders and resells them on…
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