Upgrade Corp. v. St. Regis Paper Co.

DECISION ON MOTION TO REMAND

McMILLEN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have filed a motion to remand this case to the Circuit Court of Cook County for the second time. The complaint was originally filed there against Michigan Carton Co., was removed here, and then remanded on July 8,1974 for lack of diversity jurisdiction, since Michigan citizens were on both sides.

After the remand, St. Regis Paper Co., a New York corporation, filed a motion to substitute itself as the party defendant for Michigan Carton Co. on the ground that Michigan Carton Co. had been merged into St. Regis on December 31, 1974.…