A gasoline dealer brought a diversity action in State B federal court against a distributor for willfully and knowingly overcharging for the price of fuel over a two-year period. The complaint alleged damages in the amount of $60,000 plus an additional $30,000 for punitive damages as allowed by state law. The dealer is a citizen of State A and the distributor was incorporated and had its principal place of business in State B. A second dealer, a citizen of State B, seeks to join a claim for $40,000 against the distributor in the same action based on the identical issue of overcharging for the price of fuel purchased over a similar time period. The distributor seeks to dismiss both claims due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction. How should the federal court proceed?

The new york times (nov. 30, 1993) reported that “the inability of opec to agree last week to cut production has sent the oil market into turmoil . . [leading to] the lowest price for domestic crude oil since june 1990.” why were the members of opec trying to agree to cut production? so they could save more oil for future consumption so they could lower the price so they could raise the price why do you suppose opec was unable to agree on cutting production? because each country has a different production capacity because each country experiences different production costs because each country has an incentive to cheat on any agreement the newspaper also noted opec’s view “that producing nations outside the organization, like norway and britain, should do their share and cut production.” what does the phrase “do their share” suggest about opec’s desired relationship with norway and britain? opec would like norway and britain to keep their production levels high. opec would like norway and britain to act competitively. opec would like norway and britain to join the cartel.