IRAOLA & CIA, S.A. v. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP.

No. 99-8127.

232 F.3d 854 (2000)

IRAOLA & CIA, S.A., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION, J.N. Anderson, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, George Semones, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin P. Race, Atlanta, GA, Thomas K. Cauley, Jr., Sidley & Auston, Chicago, IL, for Iraola & CIA, S.A.

Edward Griffith, Bolatti & Griffith, New York City, Christopher L. Wassenaar, Stephen P. Fuller, Davidson, Fuller & Sloan, LLP, Duluth, GA, James A. Lamberth, Lynette Eaddy Smith, Troutman, Sanders, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and BLACK and HALL, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Chief Judge:

Appellant Iraola & CIA, S.A. ("Iraola") appeals the district court's determination that subject matter jurisdiction in this action existed under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Iraola argues that § 1332(a)(2) does not permit it, a foreign company, to bring suit against defendants from different states. Alternatively, it argues that the inclusion of foreign defendant Geo Med defeated jurisdiction. Appellees Kimberly-Clark, J.N. Anderson, and...

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