CLOVERLEAF STANDARDBRED OWNERS v. NATIONAL BANK

No. 82-1221.

699 F.2d 1274 (1983)

CLOVERLEAF STANDARDBRED OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellants, v. The NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, a banking corporation of the District of Columbia, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Rice, Baltimore, Md., for appellants. Warren K. Rich and Stephen P. Kling, Baltimore, Md., were on the brief, for appellants.

Richard T. Tomar, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before GINSBURG and SCALIA, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This appeal challenges a district court order dismissing a civil action because a party "needed for just adjudication" under Rule 19 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure1 could not be joined as a defendant without destroying diversity jurisdiction.2 The matter in controversy revolves around a contract between two Maryland...

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