United States Fourth Circuit
RITTER LUMBER CO., INC. v. CONSOLIDATION COAL CO., 01-1286, 01-1287
Where defendants move, post-judgment, to dismiss a suit for lack of complete diversity, the district court can amend the judgment to cure the jurisdictional defect, retroactively creating two separate cases properly joined for trial.
Appellate Information
- Argued 10/31/2001
- Decided 03/08/2002
- Published 03/08/2002
Judges
- Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ARGUED: David Wayne Hardymon, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. William R. Rakes, Jeffrey Scott Sexton, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Monica L. Taylor, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellees.