CORDEIRO

v.

CONNER ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Boyer v. Snap-On Tools Corp., 913 F.2d 108 (3d Cir. 1990)
  …favor of remand.” Steel Valley Auth. v. Union Switch and Signal Div., 809 F. 2d 1006, 1010 (3d Cir.1987) (citing Abels v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 770 F. 2d 26, 29 (3d Cir.1985)), cert. dismissed sub nom. American Standard v. Steel Valley Auth., 484 U.S. 1021, 108 S.Ct. 739, 98 L.Ed.2d 756 (1988). Because a party who urges jurisdiction on a federal court bears the burden of proving that jurisdiction exists, a removing party who charges that a plaintiff has fraudulently joined a party to destroy diversity…
• The Sindia Expedition, Inc. v. The Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel, 895 F.2d 116 (3d Cir. 1990)
  …ourt’s determination of indispensability for abuse of discretion. Steel Valley Auth. v. Union Switch & Signal Div., American Standard, Inc., 809 F. 2d 1006, 1010 (3d Cir.1987), cert. dismissed sub nom., American Standard, Inc. v. Steel Valley Auth., 484 U.S. 1021, 108 S.Ct. 739, 98 L.Ed.2d 756 (1988). Before a district court can dismiss an action for failure to join an indispensable party, the court must determine if a missing party is a “party which must be joined” under 19(a).9 Abel v. American Art Analog…
• Stephen B. Batoff, Ph.D. v. State Farm Ins. Co., 977 F.2d 848 (3d Cir. 1992)
  …g that the non-diverse party was fraudulently joined. But the removing party carries a “heavy burden of persuasion” in making this showing. Steel Valley Author. v. Union Switch & Signal Div., 809 F. 2d 1006, 1012 n. 6 (3d Cir.1987), cert. dismissed, 484 U.S. 1021, 108 S.Ct. 739, 98 L.Ed.2d 756 (1988); see also Boyer v. Snap-On Tools Corp., 913 F. 2d 108, 111 (3d Cir.1990), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 111 S.Ct. 959, 112 L.Ed.2d 1046 (1991). It is logical that it should have this burden, for removal statutes “ar…