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...
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