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COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B125877.

82 Cal.Rptr.2d 63 (1999)

69 Cal.App.4th 785

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; HP Lemona II et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

January 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tuttle & Taylor, Douglas W. Beck and John R. Dent, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

M. Bruce Roberts; Michael A. Hoberman, Encino; Scott Z. Adler, Los Angeles; Randolph & Levanas, Michael I. Levanas, Santa Monica; and John E. Carlson, San Francisco, for Real Parties in Interest.

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...

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