E. H. Crump & Co. v. Gatewood

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROY, District Judge.

The instant cause came on for a hearing before the Court on the various motions pending. The Court has agreed to reach the threshold issue of whether an indispensable party is absent so that there may be a determination of whether jurisdiction in this Court will be ousted.

As to the parties, E. H. Crump & Company, Inc., is a Delaware corporation (“Crump-Delaware”). E. H. Crump Companies, Inc., is a Tennessee corporation (“Crump-Tennessee”). E. H. Crump of Arkansas, Inc., is an Arkansas corporation (“Crump-Arkansas”). Baldwin, Meadors & Associates, Inc., is…