Bass v. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co.

WALLACE, District Judge.

In removing the instant case to this Court, the defendants urge that no cause of action has been stated against the *681resident individual defendants, employees of defendant Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company, a Delaware corporation,1 and that said employees have been fraudulently joined for the sole purpose of defeating federal jurisdiction. Because of the lack of diversity, plaintiff challenges this Court’s jurisdiction and moves that the case be remanded.

After carefully considering briefs of counsel and the evidence introduced at the hearing on this motion, the…