California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 7 — General Business Regulations, Part 2 — Preservation and Regulation of Competition, Chapter 2 — Combinations in Restraint of Trade, Article 3 — Enforcement, Section 16751
Whenever it appears to the court before which any proceedings under this chapter are pending that the ends of justice require that other parties shall be brought before the court, the court may cause them to be made parties defendant and summoned, whether or not they reside in the county where such action is pending.
Notes
Allows a court handling a proceeding under the chapter to add other parties as defendants and summon them when the court determines that justice requires their participation. The added defendants may be brought into the case even if they do not reside in the county where the proceeding is pending.
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