Legal Opinion
Staples v. Merck & Co., Inc.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided July 1, 2003No. 3:03-cv-00180PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion and Order
LYNN, District Judge.
A number of cases, separately removed, were consolidated into this ease. In each Notice of Removal and/or Amended Notice of Removal, Defendant Merck alleged that jurisdiction is proper in this Court because Plaintiffs fraudulently joined two Texas defendants: Dr. Harvey Resnick, M.D., and R/D Clinical Research, Incorporated (collectively, “Clinical Researchers”). If the Clinical Researchers were not fraudulently joined, then this case is non-removable under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b). In December 2002, the Plaintiffs filed ten actions in multiple…
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