The People Of The State Of California v. Monsanto, Co.

Case 2:22-cv-02399-ODW-SK Document Filed 06/30/ Page 1 of Page ID #:2063

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF Case № 2:22-cv-02399-ODW (SKx) CALIFORNIA, acting by and through the 12 Los Angeles City Attorney, and THE

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

13 Plaintiffs, REMAND [28] 14 v.

MONSANTO CO., SOLUTIA INC., and

PHARMACIA LLC,

17 Defendants. 18 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs The People of the State of California, acting by and through the Los 21 Angeles City Attorney (“California”), and the City of Los Angeles (“City”) move to 22 remand this action to state court for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. (Mot. Remand 23 (“Motion” or “Mot.”), ECF No. 28.) Plaintiffs argue that Defendants Monsanto 24 Company, Solutia Inc., and Pharmacia LLC cannot establish diversity jurisdiction 25 under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) because actions on behalf of the State of California, with 26 certain exceptions not applicable here, are not subject to diversity…