Legal Opinion
Nolan ex rel. Estate of Johnson v. Boeing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1990No. 89-3793PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
The principal questions presented for decision here are: (1) the scope, indeed the existence, of pendent party jurisdiction under the removal provision of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1441(d); (2) the effect on third-party removal of a state court order separating the third party claims from those in the main action for purposes of trial; (3) the right to conduct discovery for purposes of proving collusion to create federal subject matter jurisdiction; and (4) the applicability of forum non conveniens to a case removed from a jurisdiction…
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