Estate of Theberge

How courts have described this case

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

• court’s focus is not on the merits of plaintiff’s claim but on the joinder of the non- diverse defendant
• To determine whether a defendant was improperly joined, a court may conduct a “[Rule] 12(b)(6
• party seeking removal must establish the court’s diversity jurisdiction and that removal was proper

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).