Legal Opinion
Waste Systems, Inc. v. Clean Land Air Water Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1982No. 81-3388PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Jurisdiction in this case was based solely on diversity, now no longer existing because the action involving the diverse party has been settled. There remain only cross-claims originally asserted through ancillary jurisdiction between non-diverse parties. We conclude that, under the circumstances of this case, even if dismissal of the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, for the reasons cited in the appellants’ brief, is not mandatory, there are no compelling reasons of judicial efficiency and economy justifying the district court’s retention of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- McDonald v. OliverCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- W.R. Grace & Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Old Republic Insurance v. United StatesUnited States Court of International Trade · 1990
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