HALMEKANGAS v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO.

No. 09-31060 Summary Calendar.

603 F.3d 290 (2010)

Stephen J. HALMEKANGAS, Plaintiff, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant. Stephen J. Halmekangas, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANPAC Louisiana Insurance Company; Stephen Marshall Harelson; American National Property & Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Michael Dills, Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier & McElligott, Lafayette, LA, for Halmekangas.

Jay M. Lonero, Angie Arceneaux Akers, Larzelere, Picou, Wells, Simpson, Lonero, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for ANPAC Louisiana Ins. Co.

Peirce A. Hammond, II, Hammond Law Firm, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Harelson and American Nat. Property & Cas. Co.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, CLEMENT and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Stephen Halmekangas sued ANPAC Louisiana Insurance Company and its agent Stephen Harelson in Louisiana state court. All parties were Louisiana domiciliaries, and no federal question was presented. Facing the hurdle that the district court would not have had original jurisdiction had the suit been first filed there, defendants removed to federal court, asserting supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a)—...

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