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stating that "the purpose of the fraudulent joinder doctrine . . . is to prevent a plaintiff from naming a nondiverse party as a defendant solely for the purposes of depriving the court of jurisdiction"
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No. 02-60782.
December 19, 2003.
Pat M. Barrett, Jr., Derek A. Wyatt, Barrett Law Office, Lexington, MS, Cynthia H. Speetjens, Frazer Davidson, Jackson, MS, Jeffrey Howard Schultz (argued), Schultz Murphy, Belleville, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Chad Michael Knight (argued), William B. Lovett, Jr., Wise, Carter, Child Caraway, Jackson, MS, for Illinois Cent. R. Co.
Susan L. Runnels (argued), Wells, Marble Hurst, Jackson, MS, for Mississippi Dept. of Transp.
Emerson Barney Robinson, III, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens Cannada, Charles Clark, Watkins Eager, Charles E. Griffin, Griffin Associates, Jackson, MS, Dan K. Webb, Winston Strawn, Chicago, IL, for American Financial Services Ass'n, American Ins. Ass'n and Chamber of Commerce of U.S., Amici Curiae.
James William Craig, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, for Mississippi Bankers Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.
David W. Clark, Billy Berryhill, Bradley, Arant, Rose White, Jackson, MS, for Mississippi Manufacturers Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.
William C. Brabec, Adams Reese, Jackson, MS, for United Ins. Co. of America and Union Nat. Life Ins. Co., Amici Curiae.
Walter D. Willson, Wells, Marble Hurst, Jackson, MS, for American Sec. Ins. Co. Amicus Curiae.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi; William H. Barbaur, Jr., Judge.
ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING EN BANC
(Opinion Aug. 7, 2003, 5th Cir., 2003, 342 F.3d 400)
Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, DENNIS, CLEMENT and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
BY THE COURT:
A member of the Court in active service having requested a poll on the petition for rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,
IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.