Ross v. Citifinancial, Inc.

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

For these consolidated 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) interlocutory appeals from remand-denials where diversity-jurisdiction removal was based on fraudulent joinder, at issue is whether there is arguably a reasonable basis for predicting the non-diverse defendants could be liable under Mississippi law and, therefore, not fraudulently joined. AFFIRMED; REMANDED.

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Plaintiffs, all Mississippi residents, entered into loan agreements with Citifinan-cial or its predecessors. In conjunction with those loans, Plaintiffs purchased insurance, such as credit life and property,…