C&C Properties, Inc. v. Shell Pipeline Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 C&C PROPERTIES, INC. et al., No. 1:14-cv-01889-DAD-BAK (HBK) Plaintiffs, v. ORDER ON REMAND TO ADDRESS
SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
SHELL PIPELINE COMPANY, et al., (Doc. Nos. 331) Defendants.
16 This matter is before the court on remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (Doc. No. 331.) Specifically, on August 2, 2021, the Ninth Circuit issued an order remanding this action to this court “for the limited purpose of having the district court determine whether there is complete diversity in this case.” (Id. at 3.) Having reviewed the parties’ supplemental briefing and the evidence submitted to the court on remand, for the reasons explained below, the court finds that complete diversity exists between the parties and that this court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action on that basis. BACKGROUND On June 14, 2019, after five years of litigation and a ten-day jury trial in…