Wyant v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that it is “well-settled” that federal courts have jurisdiction over cases in which Amtrak is a party
• noting that courts “weigh the competing interests in efficient adjudication and the need to protect diversity jurisdiction from manipulation”
• permitting joinder because plaintiffs were motivated “by a good faith desire to seek recovery from those parties they contend are liable to them”
• granting permissive joinder pursuant to Rule 20 and remanding case to state court pursuant to § 1447(e), after finding that such a result comports with fundamental fairness
• “A defendant may not amend its notice of removal after [the thirty-day removal period] to remedy a substantive defect in the petition.”
• absence of appreciable prejudice to defendant weighs in favor of joinder

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).