Ondova Ltd. Co. v. Manila Industries, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs motion to remand presents the principal questions whether certain defendants were precluded from removing this case by a forum selection clause and whether the sole nondiverse defendant was improperly joined. Concluding that three defendants were prevented from removing the case but that the nondiverse defendant was improperly joined, the court grants the motion in part and denies it in part.

I

Defendant Munish Krishan (“Munish”) is the owner and sole shareholder of defendant Manila Industries, Inc. (“Manila”). Before…