What is the test for determining whether a party has been deemed to be an indispensable party?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Verizon Cal. Inc. v. Bd. of Equal., 178 Cal.Rptr.3d 831, 230 Cal.App.4th 666 (Cal. App. 2014):
As is apparent from the structure of Code of Civil Procedure section 389, and the first phrase of subdivision (b), a person must be a necessary party to be an indispensable party. A determination that the persons are necessary parties is the predicate for the determination whether they are indispensable parties. (Deltakeeper v. Oakdale Irrigation Dist. (2001) 94 Cal.App.4th 1092, 1100, 115 Cal.Rptr.2d 244 (Deltakeeper ).)
[230 Cal.App.4th 680]
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