Smith v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• non-binding case noting that such behavior “strongly indicates that the purpose of the plaintiff’s amendment is to defeat federal jurisdiction”
• “What the court cannot do [under § 1447(e)] is allow an amendment that destroys federal jurisdiction and exercise jurisdiction over the case.”
• “[I]f the claim against the non-diverse defendant is relatively weak or has no merit, that factor should be taken into account and would weigh against joinder.”
• “One focus of recent opinions analyzing whether to allow joinder of a non-diverse party has been the interest of the diverse defendants in their choice of a federal forum.”
• finding amendment dilatory when made ten months after removal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).