Cass v. New Orleans Times

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• pointing out that using Rule 21 as an alternative argument is “an improper end-run around courts’ rejection of the fraudulent misjoinder doctrine”
• applying Rule 21 in similar circumstance would be “an improper end-run around courts’ rejection of the fraudulent misjoinder doctrine”
• applying Rule 21 in similar circumstance would be “an improper end-run around courts’ rejection of the fraudulent misjoinder doctrine”
• applying Rule 21 in similar circumstance would be “an improper end-run around courts’ rejection of the fraudulent misjoinder doctrine”
• declining “to create subject matter jurisdiction by resorting to the discretionary severance provisions in Rule 21”
• “[A]dopting the fraudulent misjoinder doctrine is an improper expansion of federal subject matter jurisdiction without legislative authorization.”

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