· 6/3/1975
Tommy Gene Sessions, Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth E. Sessions v. Chrysler Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
Citations
- 517 F.2d 759
- 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 14410
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- explaining that the label of a claim is 13 irrelevant “so long as [plaintiff] was entitled to relief against [non-diverse defendants] 14 on any theory”
- discussing that the label of a claim is irrelevant “so long as [plaintiff] 27 was entitled to relief against [non-diverse defendants] on any theory.”
- explaining that as long as a plaintiff is entitled 20 to relief on some theory against the non-diverse defendant, the specific claims alleged 21 are irrelevant
- explaining that as long as a plaintiff is entitled to relief on 28 1 some theory against the non-diverse defendant, the specific claims alleged are 2 irrelevant
- explaining that mislabeling a cause of action in the complaint “is 3 irrelevant” so long as the plaintiff is “entitled to relief against [defendants] on any theory”
- explaining that mislabeling a cause of action in the complaint “is irrelevant” so long 14 as the plaintiff is “entitled to relief against [defendants] on any theory”
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Judges: Wright, Sneed, Powell
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