Opinion ID: 466129
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Heading: Denial of Remand Motion.

Text: 5 The district court held that it had jurisdiction over this case because there is diversity of citizenship between the parties. Most of the appellants are California citizens. Bicrodyne was a citizen of California before merger; however, Cal.Corp.Code Sec. 1107(a) states: 6 Upon merger pursuant to this chapter the separate existence of the disappearing corporations ceases and the surviving corporation shall succeed ... to all the rights and property of each of the disappearing corporations and shall be subject to all the debts and liabilities of each in the same manner as if the surviving corporation had itself incurred them. 7 Carpenter, the surviving corporation here, is a citizen of Delaware. The district court did not err in holding that it had diversity jurisdiction to hear this case. See Hoefferle Truck Sales v. Divco-Wayne, 7 Cir., 1975, 523 F.2d 543, 548-49. 8 Assuming that Carpenter's petition for removal was untimely, the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to remand. Appellants, by appearing repeatedly before the court before raising the timeliness objection, had waived their right to raise that issue. See 14A Wright and Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure Sec. 3739 at 576 (2d ed. 1985); Fontenot v. Global Marine, Inc., 5 Cir., 1983, 703 F.2d 867, 870-71; Harris v. Edward Hyman Co., 5 Cir., 1981, 664 F.2d 943, 944-46; Intercoastal Refining Co., Inc. v. Jalil, S.D.Tex., 1980, 487 F.Supp. 606, 608. 9