MELANCON v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 81-3254 Summary Calendar.

659 F.2d 551 (1981)

Larry MELANCON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TEXACO, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

October 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thedore M. Haik, Jr., New Iberia, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Patrick T. Caffery, David R. Dugas, New Iberia, La., William C. Conrad, Timothy W. Cerniglia, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, GARZA and TATE, Circuit Judges.


TATE, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff Melancon appeals from a denial of his motion to remand to the state court an action that, on grounds of diversity, had been removed from state court to the federal court for the Western District of Louisiana. Melancon argues that the trial judge erred in refusing to remand the suit to the state court and in recalling and vacating an order that on Melancon's ex parte motion had permitted the joinder of a non-diverse party defendant...

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