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· 1/29/2001

In Re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., ATX, ATX II

Citations

  • 129 F. Supp. 2d 1202
  • 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4039
  • 2001 WL 85841

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  • “The law of the circuit where the transferee court sits governs questions of federal law in MDL proceedings.”
  • a plaintiff's failure to provide an explanation as to why she sought to join a non- diverse defendant until after removal may raise an inference of a motivation to defeat diversity jurisdiction
  • “When a plaintiff was aware at the time of the filing of her original complaint of the identity of the defendant she now seeks to add, there arises some suspicion of [the] plaintiff's motives to amend.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Barker

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