Milwaukee Deutsche Zeitung, Inc. v. Ethnic American Press, Inc.

DECISION and ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

The plaintiff has moved for an order setting aside the service of the summons and complaint upon one of the defendants, Jerome Ravin. Mr. Ravin, like the plaintiff, is a citizen of the state of Wisconsin, and, thus, his presence would foreclose diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Metropolis Theater Co. v. Barkhausen, 170 F.2d 481, 484 (7th Cir. 1948).

A federal court may drop a defendant who is not an indispensable party in order to retain diversity jurisdiction. Kerr v. Compagnie De Ultramar, 250 F.2d 860, 863 (2d Cir. 1958). See…