Legal Opinion
Moorco International, Inc. v. Elsag Bailey Process Automation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 11, 1995No. Civ. A. 95-092, 94-4432 and 94-7144PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.
Plaintiff moves pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) to remand to the District Court of Harris County, Texas, this action for breach of contract and for tortious interference with contract and prospective business relations. In support of this motion, plaintiff observes that the asserted basis for removal jurisdiction, diversity of citizenship, does not exist here because one of the defendants in this suit is a citizen of Delaware, as is plaintiff. Defendants respond that the nondiverse defendant has been has been “fraudulently joined” solely to defeat…
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