Blackburn v. Oaktree Capital Management, LLC

OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs sued Oaktree Capital Management, LLC (“Oaktree”) in state court, seeking damages and declaratory relief in relation to plaintiffs’ purchase of membership rights in a golf club. Oaktree removed the action to federal court. After the district court allowed plaintiffs to amend their complaint to include non-diverse defendants that destroyed diversity jurisdiction, the district court remanded the case to state court. Oaktree appeals, contending that the district court erred in granting the motion to amend the complaint and that the district court’s remand…