Legal Opinion
James F. Boyer and Mary R. Boyer v. Snap-On Tools Corporation, Kenneth Baldwin and Keith A. Kaiser. Appeal of James F. Boyer and Mary R. Boyer
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 5, 1990No. 90-5221PublishedCited by 714 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by a former dealer of Snap-on Tools Corporation of the district court’s grant of summary judgment for defendants Snap-on and two of its employees. We must consider at the outset whether there was subject matter jurisdiction on the basis of diversity of citizenship and whether the district court erred in denying the plaintiffs’ motion to remand.
I. Procedural Background and Facts
Appellant James Boyer and Snap-on Tools Corporation, a corporation which sells automotive hand tools to a nationwide network of dealers for resale to…
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