Vaillancourt v. PNC Bank, National Ass'n

PNC Bank, N.A. appeals a district court remand order. The district court, after dismissing the plaintiffs two federal claims, declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the six remaining state law claims. PNC Bank takes issue with this decision, arguing that because the district court wrongly held that the non-diverse defendants were properly joined, it mistakenly concluded that it lacked diversity jurisdiction, and accordingly, its decision to decline jurisdiction was in error.

We agree.

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This dispute began eleven years ago in Laredo^ Texas. There, in July 2003, Maria Laura Santos…