Plaintiffs do not dispute that nominal defendant Edward Baroudi, a resident of France, is a necessary party and it is evident that there exists no jurisdictional predicate for joining him in the action. Accordingly, dismissal was warranted because New York courts lack jurisdiction over a necessary party and there is an alternative forum available in Gibraltar, where, it appears, all indispensable parties can been joined (see CPLR 1001 [b]; and see e.g. Matter of...
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