United States Fifth Circuit
Crockett v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 04-41584
Denial of plaintiffs' motion to remand their case to state court and grant of defendants-tobacco companies' motion for judgment on the pleadings is affirmed where the voluntary-involuntary rule was inapplicable to defeat removal jurisdiction because health care defendants in plaintiffs' suit were not properly-joined parties.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/13/2006
- Published 01/16/2006
Judges
- JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Monica Celeste Vaughan (argued), Bradley Landon Leger, Houssiere, Durant & Houssiere, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., William Earl Marple, David Lawrence Horan, Jones Day, Dallas, TX, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Peter M. Henk (argued), Christopher P. Nease, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Houston, TX, for RJR Nabisco Inc. and Philip Morris, USA., John R. Strawn, Sam W. Cruse, Jr., Cruse, Scott, Henderson & Allen, Houston, TX, for Brown & Williamson.