context: More importantly, Farmer simply did not want to sue Dinee-ga, and Dineega was certain that it wanted no part of the suit and informed the court it had absolutely no interest in the litigation. The state may not assert that Dinee-ga's interests are threatened when Dineega has expressly disavowed any interest in the litigation.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 484 P.2d 697, 703-05
citation_a.parenthetical: interpret ing former Civil Rule 19, the court held that a party is estopped from raising an indispensable party issue where the absent party, "with full knowledge of the scope and potential impact of [the] litigation upon his interests, chose not to intervene as a party"
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Padgett v. Theus, 484 P.2d 697, 703-05 (Alaska 1971) (interpret ing former Civil Rule 19, the court held that a party is estopped from raising an indispensable party issue where the absent party, “with full knowledge of the scope and potential impact of [the] litigation upon his interests, chose not to intervene as a party”); see also Northrop Corp. v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., 705 F.2d 1030, 1044 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 849, 104 S.Ct. 156, 78 L.Ed.2d 144 (1983) (the government was not a necessary or indispensable party in a contract dispute where the government’s assessment of its own interests indicated it considered the action between the parties a “private dispute” and “meticulously observed a neutral and disinterested posture”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: the government was not a necessary or indispensable party in a contract dispute where the government's assessment of its own interests indicated it considered the action between the parties a "private dispute" and "meticulously observed a neutral and disinterested posture"
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Padgett v. Theus, 484 P.2d 697, 703-05 (Alaska 1971) (interpret ing former Civil Rule 19, the court held that a party is estopped from raising an indispensable party issue where the absent party, “with full knowledge of the scope and potential impact of [the] litigation upon his interests, chose not to intervene as a party”); see also Northrop Corp. v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., 705 F.2d 1030, 1044 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 849, 104 S.Ct. 156, 78 L.Ed.2d 144 (1983) (the government was not a necessary or indispensable party in a contract dispute where the government’s assessment of its own interests indicated it considered the action between the parties a “private dispute” and “meticulously observed a neutral and disinterested posture”).