United States Fifth Circuit

Summary judgment for individual defendants on state-law claims for injuries resulting from a release of hazardous materials is affirmed where district court did not err in concluding that defendants were improperly joined to defeat diversity jurisdiction, and plaintiffs have no reasonable possibility of recovery against defendants.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/20/2005
• Published 12/20/2005

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Arthur Smith, III (argued), Rebecca Eileen May-Ricks, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Leonard Veazey, Jr. (argued), Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.