Employers Insurance of Wausau v. Crown Cork & Seal Co. (942 F.2d 862, 1991)

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Chief Judge.

Appellant Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co., which, along with several other insurance companies and Crown Cork «fe Seal Co., their insured, was named as a defendant in the district court, appeals from the order dismissing the plaintiffs complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The district court determined that the parties were improperly aligned, and that once they were properly aligned, with all the insurers on one side and their insured Crown on the other, there would no longer be complete diversity between the plaintiffs and the defendant.

I.

Background Facts and Procedural History

Crown Cork