Legal Opinion
Pallazola v. Rucker
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 1, 1986No. Nos. 85-1888, 85-1893, 85-1935, 85-1936, 85-1937, 85-1938, 85-1973 and 85-1974PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MALETZ, Senior Judge.
The appeal and cross-appeals before us raise two major questions: (1) Did the district court err when it found that the plaintiff below was chosen as administratrix of a decedent’s estate for the purpose of creating diversity jurisdiction? (2) Having made that finding, did the district court err when it referred the action to a state court rather than immediately entering a judgment of dismissal? We hold that the district court was correct in finding that diversity jurisdiction had been manufactured improperly or collusively. We do not reach the propriety of the referral…
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