Wellman v. Tufail’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
November 2015
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“A person shall be joined as a party in the action when either: (1) In his absence complete relief cannot be aceorded among those already parties. (2) He claims an interest relating to the subject matter of the action and is so - situated that the adjudication of the action- in his absence may either: (a) As a practical matter, impair or impede his ability to protect that interest. (b) Leave any of the persons already parties subject to a substantial risk of incurring multiple or inconsistent obligations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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