Opinion ID: 1191320
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Heading: Defect in Parties

Text: Respondents' claim that the United States of America is an indispensable party is refuted by the authority cited, a decision of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals which recognizes the United States is not an indispensable party to every action involving council regulations. That case recognizes the council need not be joined if its interests are properly represented. (See pp. 12-13 of respondents' opposition.) We have permitted the United States to file as amicus curiae. In a similar case the Ohio Supreme Court also held that omission of the United States as a party did not cause a defect in parties. ( State ex rel. Fry v. Ferguson (1973) 34 Ohio St.2d 252 [63 Ohio Ops.2d 392, 298 N.E.2d 129, 131-132].)