Lenon v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance

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• noting the “considerable discretion” granted to the district court under Rule 21
• “[T]he general rule is that such damages, including lost profits, are not recoverable under public works bond statutes.”
• “Few decisions address 1 the citizenship of ERISA plans for diversity purposes. Most cases seem to note their status 2 as express trusts and move on.”
• “[I]t is well-settled that Rule 21 invests district courts with authority to allow a dispensable nondiverse party to be dropped at any time [to preserve diversity jurisdiction], even after judgment has been rendered.”
• “The other issues—whether a party is indispensable and whether a dispensable party may be dismissed to maintain diversity—depend on the district court's careful exercise of discretion, and we review the court's determinations on those issues for abuse of discretion.”

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