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FONTENOT v. WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

No. 12-30711.

718 F.3d 518 (2013)

Sharon G. FONTENOT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees v. WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 10, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacques P. Soileau (argued), Breaux Bridge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Stanton E. Shuler, Jr., Esq. , Lauren Fajoni Bartlett , Attorney, Leake & Andersson, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Jeffrey Francis Peck , Attorney (argued), Ulmer & Bernel, L.L.P., Cincinnati, OH, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before JONES and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges, and KAZEN, District Judge.

KAZEN, District Judge:

After Plaintiffs-Appellees' case was removed from state court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction, the district court allowed the joinder of several non-diverse defendants and remanded the case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(e). Defendants-Appellants appealed the district court's order, claiming that the remand was in error since the joinder ruling was a prohibited exercise of supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(b). Because...

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