Safeco Insurance Company of America v. City of White House, Tennessee, a Municipal Corporation

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• explaining that, under Tennessee law, an offeror ordinarily may withdraw an offer at any time before acceptance
• observing that a corporation has the citizenship of its state of incorporation and its principal place of business
• explaining that in order for the dropping of a party to create diversity jurisdiction where it did not previously exist, the party dropped must not be a necessary party under Fed. R. Civ. P. 19
• rejecting argument “that Rule 21 pertains only to misjoined parties and does not authorize the dismissal of parties properly joined”
• agreeing with most courts that do not restrict the application of Rule 21 to misjoined parties
• relying on the proposition that, according to Tennessee law, “standards of good faith and fair dealing [are] implied in every contract,” quoting Misco, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp., 784 F.2d 198, 203 (6th Cir. 1986)

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