HILTON v. ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY

No. 20305.

327 F.2d 217 (1964)

W. O. HILTON, and wife, Malvirin Hilton, et al., Appellants, v. The ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis D. Moore, Athens, Tex., Moore & Holland, Athens, Tex., of counsel, for appellants.

Frank L. McClendon, Thomas B. Ramey, Thomas B. Ramey, Jr., Tyler, Tex., Ramey, Brelsford, Hull & Flock, Tyler, Tex., of counsel, for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and SIMPSON, District Judge.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a ruling denying plaintiffs-appellants' motion to remand to the state court. The motion was based on the theory that there are certain indispensable parties, citizens of Texas, who could and, therefore, must be joined as parties defendant and whose joinder would destroy diversity and, therefore, the jurisdiction of the federal court.

Appellants, Texas residents, filed suit in a Texas district court, naming it...

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