Walton v. Bayer Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
643 F.3d 994 · 2011
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1446 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447 · 28 U.S.C. § 1653
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Hagans v. Lavine · State of New Hampshire v. State of Maine · Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. Rogers · 117 Ill. 2d 507 - Kirk v. Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center
Most-quoted passages
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“[A] plaintiff can defeat the fraudulent joinder exception to the requirement of complete diversity of citizenship by proving that his claim against the nondiverse defendant is no weaker than his claim against the diverse defendants.... [Tlhe diverse defendants really are just arguing that the suit has no merit, period. And that is a ground not for removal but for asking the court in which the suit was filed—the state court—to dismiss the suit.”); Fee v. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L. C., 2014 WL 2769119 , (E.D.Ky. June 18, 2014) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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