Re: Call me petty but...
Your analogy falls down in a few places:
1) Toshiba aren't trying to kick WDC out of the JV. They'd just have new 'house-mates'
2) Toshiba would probably have been fairly happy to sell to WDC if WDC could afford to pay a fair price but as has been reported on a few occasions now, they're too leveraged to make a decent bid
3) Not related to WDC/Toshiba but I have a friend whose dad is forcing their mother to sell the house so apparently that's perfectly legal.