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· 8/4/2010

Nelson v. Whirlpool Corp.

Citations

  • 727 F. Supp. 2d 1294
  • 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78602
  • 2010 WL 3022687

How courts have described this case

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  • discussing a post- removal motion by plaintiff to amend the complaint embedded in which was a motion to remand to state court, and finding joinder and Section 1447 analyses wholly inapplicable to jurisdictional assessments with an \existing party\
  • “Section 1447(c) generally ‘prohibits courts from relying on post-removal events in examining subject matter jurisdiction.’”
  • “[P]ost-removal assertion of a viable cause of action against a fraudulently joined defendant does not strip the Court of subject matter jurisdiction that existed at the time of removal.”

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Judges: William H. Steele

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