Opinion ID: 771984
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Heading: Failure to Join Indispensable Parties

Text: 76 The defendants argue that a decision in their favor may be rendered on the basis of the plaintiffs' failure to join two indispensable parties, Misr and the Arab Republic of Egypt. Because the issues relating to Rule 19 were briefed only cursorily before this Court and were not ruled on by the court below, we decline to consider the plaintiffs' alleged failure to join Misr and the Arab Republic of Egypt at this juncture. See Thompson v. County of Franklin, 15 F.3d 245, 253 (2d Cir. 1994) (The preferred practice of this Circuit... is to remand the issue for consideration by the district court in the first instance where, as here,... 'a theory has been briefed and argued only cursorily in this Court.' (quoting Poloron Prods. v. Lybrand Ross Bros. & Montgomery, 534 F.2d 1012, 1018 (2d Cir. 1976))).