Barbara Allen v. R & H Oil & Gas Company, Farrar Oilfield Service and Equipment Co., and Tri-State Oil Services, Inc., Tri-State Oil Services, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1995-08-29

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JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: The 512 plaintiffs of a joint, state-law tort action (the “Allen plaintiffs” or “plaintiffs”) appeal the removal of their claims to federal court. They contend that the district court erred in finding federal subject-matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (diversity of citizenship), because it improperly “aggregated” their claim for punitive damages as…

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