Boddie v. Landers

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• holding that the court must apply the federal, rather than the state, pleading standard to determine whether plaintiffs have stated a claim under state law
• holding that the court must apply the federal, not a state, pleading standard when testing for improper joinder
• holding that “once [the district court] determined that Mueller was improperly joined, the district court effectively dismissed IEVM's claims against him without prejudice.”
• holding that a federal court must apply the federal pleading standard to state fraudulent joinder claims
• holding that the federal pleading standard applies when determining whether a plaintiff has stated a claim against a non-diverse defendant
• holding that dismissal pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) is not a disposition on the merits and dismissal of nondiverse party “must be a dismissal without prejudice in every instance.” (emphasis in the original)

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