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NEWMAN-GREEN, INC. v. ALFONZO-LARRAIN

No. 88-774.

490 U.S. 826 (1989)

NEWMAN-GREEN, INC. v. ALFONZO-LARRAIN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 12, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil C. Neal argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Rowe W. Snider and Michael D. Sher.

Frank K. Heap argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Charles G. Albert and William L. Barr, Jr.

JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

We decide today that a court of appeals may grant a motion to dismiss a dispensable party whose presence spoils statutory diversity jurisdiction.

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Petitioner Newman-Green, Inc., an Illinois corporation, brought this state-law contract action in District Court against a Venezuelan corporation, four Venezuelan citizens, and William L. Bettison, a United...

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