Legal Opinion
Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Co. v. Wood
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 15, 2010No. 09-1526PublishedCited by 1,116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a question of the propriety of a preliminary injunction enforcing, under Pennsylvania law, a restrictive covenant not to compete. However, because the parties concede on appeal that the lack of complete diversity deprives this Court of subject matter jurisdiction, the threshold question before us is how to proceed in light of this jurisdictional defect. At the request of the plaintiff-appellee, we will exercise our authority under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21 to dismiss the dispensable nondiverse party, and thereby restore…
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