In re Devon B.’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
28 state decisions
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 12101 (§ 2 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Stanley v. Illinois · Lassiter v. Department of Social Services of Durham County North Carolina · William Shields v. Robert R Barrow · Emigrant Savings Bank v. Cam · Napoletano v. CIGNA Healthcare of Connecticut, Inc.
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“In the past, there had been a distinction between 'necessary' and 'indispensable' parties. See Shields v. Barrow , 58 U.S. (17 How.) 130, 139 , 15 L.Ed. 158 (1855) (defining both terms). Over time, however, this distinction has become less pronounced; see Sturman v. Socha , 191 Conn. 1 , 6, 463 A.2d 527 (1983) (recognizing that misleading nature of terms 'has resulted in a blurring of the distinction typically drawn between them'); and provisions of our Practice Book and General Statutes currently refer only to necessary parties. See, e.g., Practice Book §§ 9-6 and 9-24 ; General Statutes §§ 8-8 (f) and 12-638n.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[n]ecessary parties ... are those [p]ersons having an interest in the controversy, and who ought to be made parties, in order that the court may act on that rule which requires it to decide on, and finally determine the entire controversy, and do complete justice, by adjusting all the rights involved in it.... [B]ut if their interests are separable from those of the parties before the court, so that the court can proceed to a decree, and do complete and final justice, without affecting other persons not before the court, the latter are not indispensable parties.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The judicial authority may determine the controversy as between the parties before it, if it can do so without prejudice to the rights of others; but, if a complete determination cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the judicial authority may direct that they be brought in. If a person not a party has an interest or title which the judgment will affect, the judicial authority, on its motion, shall direct that person to be made a party....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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