LANG v. COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY

No. 16667.

383 F.2d 986 (1967)

Frederic A. LANG and Joan Goodrich Lang, His Wife, W. Edward James and Mary C. James, His Wife, Luther C. Peery and Grace G. Peery, His Wife, and Thomas A. Newell and Marion S. Newell, His Wife, and Lewis Staats, Jr. and Sarah Staats, His Wife, and John E. Healy and Jeannette G. Healy, His Wife, and Thomas H. Davis and Vera V. Davis, His Wife, Appellants, v. COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Binder, Bennett, Bricklin & Saltzburg, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Peter Platten, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before STALEY, Chief Judge, and MARIS and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court granting defendant's motion to dismiss for failure to join Colonial Pipeline Company of Pennsylvania as an indispensable party under F.R.Civ.P. 19(b). Since the joinder would have ousted the court of jurisdiction on the basis of diversity of citizenship and the court could find no federal question involved, 28 U.S.C. § 1331...

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