United States Sixth Circuit

Under Rule 19(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a person's status as a joint tortfeasor does not automatically make that person a necessary party, much less an indispensable party to an action.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/25/2001
• Decided 12/27/2001
• Published 12/27/2001

Judges

• Before:  BOGGS, GILMAN, and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey J. Jones (argued and briefed), Douglas Marr Mansfield (briefed), Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, Ohio, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stanley M. Chesley (argued and briefed), Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Michael R. Barrett, Barrett & Weber, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Defendant-Appellee.