Legal Opinion
Kaiser Gypsum Co. v. Kelly
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 13, 1990No. Nos. 90-1125, 90-1126, 90-1185 and 90-1199PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
These proceedings arise out of an on-going federal diversity class action, In re Asbestos School Litig., 104 F.R.D. 422 (E.D.Pa.1984), aff'd, 789 F.2d 996 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 852, 107 S.Ct. 182, 93 L.Ed.2d 117 (1986), and require us to decide whether to grant the petitioners’ requests for a writ of mandamus or prohibition directing the district court to dismiss the class action complaints for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Because we conclude that the petitioners have not met their burden of showing a “clear and indisputable”…
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