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ASOCIACION NACIONAL DE PESCADORES A PEQUENA ESCALA O ARTESANALES DE COLOMBIA v. DOW QUIMICA DE COLOMBIA S.A.

No. 91-2502.

988 F.2d 559 (1993)

ASOCIACION NACIONAL DE PESCADORES A PEQUENA ESCALA O ARTESANALES DE COLOMBIA (ANPAC), et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DOW QUIMICA DE COLOMBIA S.A., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Altenbern, Houston, TX, Richard P. Clem, Clem & Crosby, Minneapolis, MN, German Sarmiento Palacio, Fundacion Para La Defensa Del Interes Publico (Fundepublico), Bogota, Rep. of Colombia, Charles E. Tulin, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard O. Faulk, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Houston, TX, for defendants-appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, GARWOOD, and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Small-scale commercial fishermen from Colombia sued an American corporation and its Colombian subsidiary in state court for unspecified damages arising from a chemical spill. The American defendant removed to federal court, alleging that the Colombian defendant had been fraudulently joined to defeat diversity jurisdiction. The plaintiffs requested a remand to state court, arguing that the suit did not place the requisite amount in controversy...

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