Scotts Co. v. Rhône-Poulenc S.A.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HOLSCHUH, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, the Scotts Company and a number of entities related to the Scotts Company, filed this action in the Union County Court of Common Pleas against five defendants. Four of these defendants, Rhone-Poulenc S.A., Rhone-Pou-lenc Agro S.A., Hoechst A.G., and Aventis, S.A., are either French or German corporations. The fifth defendant, StarLink Logistics, Inc., is a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business in North Carolina. All defendants removed the case to this Court on the basis of diversity of citizenship.

Scotts, although it…