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H.R. 725 establishes a uniform standard for determining whether a defendant has been fraudulently joined to a lawsuit in order to defeat federal diversity jurisdiction. In addition, the legislation also makes clear that Federal courts may consider evidence outside the pleadings when deciding a motion to remand a case that been removed to Federal Court, as well as whether the plaintiff has shown a good faith intent to pursue a judgment against a non-diverse defendant.
Sponsor. Representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district. Republican.
Read Text »This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on March 9, 2017 but was never passed by the Senate.
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Dec 6, 2019 Reintroduced Bill — IntroducedThis activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5345 (116th).
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