SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

v.

HAIGHT

Citator

Cited By (20 total)

• Murphy v. Kodz, 351 F.2d 163 (9th Cir. 1965)
  …al facets was properly removed and that jurisdiction of the District Court was not ousted when the federal removal predicate was subsequently dropped from the proceedings. Southern Pacific Co. v. Haight, 126 F. 2d 900, 903 (9th Cir. 1942) cert. den. 317 U.S. 676, 63 S.Ct. 154, 87 L.Ed. 542. Accord, Texas Employers Insurance Ass’n v. Felt, supra, 150 F. 2d 227; Dery v. Wyer, 265 F. 2d 804 (2d Cir. 1959). See also, Kirby v. American Soda Fountain Co., 194 U.S. 141, 24 S.Ct. 619, 48 L.Ed. 911 (1904); Mullen v.…
• Ribhi Othman and Yusif H. Mashni v. Globe Indem. Co., 759 F.2d 1458 (9th Cir. 1985)
  …laim, relying on Molnar and Fifty Associates v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America, 446 F. 2d 1187, 1191 (9th Cir.1970) (ambiguity about Does destroys jurisdiction). . In Southern Pacific Co. v. Haight, 126 F. 2d 900, 904 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 317 U.S. 676, 63 S.Ct. 154, 87 L.Ed. 542 (1942), a suit naming fictitious defendants was begun in state court and removed on the day of trial. We upheld jurisdiction, based on the rationale that the Does had been constructively severed from the action before it…
• Bryant v. Ford Motor Co., 844 F.2d 602 (9th Cir. 1987)
  …., Chism v. National Heritage Life Ins. Co., 637 F. 2d 1328, 1330 (9th Cir.1981); (3) when plaintiffs unequivocally abandon their claims against the Doe defendants, see, e.g., Southern Pac. Co. v. Haight, 126 F. 2d 900, 905 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 317 U.S. 676, 63 S.Ct. 154, 87 L.Ed. 542 (1942); (4) when the complaint does not identify the Doe defendants with sufficient specificity, see, e.g., Hartwell Corp. v. Boeing Co., 678 F. 2d 842, 843 (9th Cir.1982); and (5) when the Doe defendants are not indispen…