Coker v. Amoco Oil Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that the burden of proving that the joinder of nonresident defendants was fraudulent rests on the removing party
• applying the plain error standard of review where the objecting party failed to make a timely objection
• “removing party must show ... that there is no possibility that the plaintiff would be able to establish a cause of action”
• if the state court could find that “the complaint states a cause of action,” joinder is proper
• in addressing the issue of fraudulent joinder, the court must resolve all questions of fact and controlling law in favor of the plaintiff
• plaintiff need only have a possibility of stating a valid cause of action in order for the joinder to be legitimate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

130 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• University of South Alabama v. American Tobacco Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-02-22· cited 1,598×
• Jacqueline Burns v. Windsor Insurance Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-09-13· cited 933×
• James F. Boyer and Mary R. Boyer v. Snap-On Tools Corporation, Kenneth Baldwin and Keith A. Kaiser. Appeal of James F. Boyer and Mary R. Boyer
  Third Circuit· 1990-09-05· cited 704×
• Stephen B. Batoff, ph.d. v. State Farm Insurance Company, Leonard M. Paul, ed.d
  Third Circuit· 1992-10-23· cited 592×
• Tapscott v. MS Dealer Service Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-03-20· cited 477×
• Triggs v. John Crump Toyota, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-09-16· cited 400×
• Eleanor H. Montana v. First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rochester
  First Circuit· 1989-02-21· cited 357×
• Crowe v. Coleman
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-05-21· cited 313×
• Marjorie Reichman v. Bonsignore, Brignati & Mazzotta P.C. Bonsignore, Brignati & Mazzotta P.C. Pension Plan
  Second Circuit· 1987-05-11· cited 212×
• New York Life Insurance v. Deshotel
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-06-01· cited 208×
• Cabalceta v. Standard Fruit Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-09-28· cited 199×
• E.J. Wilson, Dearest Davis, and Cassandra Linder, Plaintiffs v. Roland Attaway
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-04-16· cited 170×
• R. Michael Stillwell v. Allstate Insurance Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-12-07· cited 167×
• Walters v. City of Atlanta
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-11-10· cited 89×
• Farley Transportation Co., Inc., Systems Terminal, Inc. And Piggyback Trailermate, Inc. v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-04-14· cited 78×
• Timothy A. McKay by and Through His Guardian and Next Friend, Thomas G. McKay v. Boyd Construction Co., Inc. And Mississippi State Highway Department
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-08-30· cited 72×
• John Insinga, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mildred Insinga, Deceased v. Michelle Labella, Humana, Inc., D/B/A Biscayne Medical Center
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-04-21· cited 71×
• Corinthia Louise Wilson v. General Motors Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-11-16· cited 66×
• Frontier Airlines, Inc. v. United Air Lines, Inc.
  D. Colorado· 1989-08-14· cited 38×
• Bolling v. Union National Life Insurance
  M.D. Alabama· 1995-10-02· cited 25×

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-28· cited 13,852×
• Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer
  Supreme Court· 1976-01-21· cited 1,066×
• Pullman Co. v. Jenkins
  Supreme Court· 1939-01-16· cited 698×
• B., Inc. v. Miller Brewing Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-12-10· cited 543×
• Powers v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
  Supreme Court· 1898-01-10· cited 456×
• Wecker v. National Enameling & Stamping Co.
  Supreme Court· 1907-01-01· cited 255×
• Williams v. General Motors Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-09-14· cited 205×
• Frank W. Parks and John Patterson v. The New York Times Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1962-11-19· cited 176×
• Bobby Jones Garden Apartments, Inc. v. F. R. Suleski
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-02-26· cited 174×
• Billie J. Preaseau v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-02-15· cited 143×
• Carson v. Dunham
  Supreme Court· 1887-04-25· cited 140×
• Mancel E. Tedder v. F.M.C. Corporation, Appeal of F.M.C. Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-02-21· cited 133×
• Eugene A. CEMER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARATHON OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1978-08-21· cited 131×
• Jimmy Quinn v. Southwest Wood Products, Inc. And Western Auto Supply Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-07-02· cited 85×
• Charles R. Little, Cross-Appellee v. Bankers Life and Casualty Company, Cross-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1970-05-13· cited 84×
• Willie B. Keating v. Shell Chemical Company, Willie B. Keating v. Herbert L. Benson
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-01-24· cited 74×
• Club Ramon, Inc. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1962-03-19· cited 63×
• Morgan Yawn, Jr. v. Southern Railway Company, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-03-16· cited 58×
• Southern California Petroleum Corporation, Mohawk Petroleum Corporation and Kewanee Oil Company v. George W. Harper
  Fifth Circuit· 1960-01-08· cited 57×
• Glen Earl Grigg v. Southern Pacific Company, a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1957-10-25· cited 56×