United States Ninth Circuit

An order denying plaintiff-former employer's motion to remand a tort and contract action to the state court in which it had begun its suit against defendant-former employee is affirmed where diversity jurisdiction was not defeated by the intervention, as a defendant, of a non-diverse corporation which was not an indispensable party.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/13/2006
• Decided 05/02/2006
• Published 05/02/2006

Judges

• NOONAN, Circuit Judge., Before WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., JOHN T. NOONAN, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel P. Collins, Ailsa W. Chang, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Keith A. Jacoby, Dale M. Cendali, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.