Allendale Mutual Insurance v. Excess Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

This case presents the Court with the unfortunate dilemma of either dismissing an action for want of jurisdiction after more than three years of litigation including a trial or reconfiguring the case to create diversity jurisdiction where none exists. Because such reconfiguration would strain the Supreme Court’s guidelines on diversity jurisdiction, the former *1118course is more prudent. In addition, any efficiencies that might be gained by continuing this litigation in federal court would be squandered if the parties are forced to begin again in state…