Opinion ID: 770968
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Heading: Delgado v. Shell Oil Co. (Delgado)

Text: 7 The Delgado plaintiffs are more than 2,000 residents of three foreign countries who filed suit originally in Galveston County, Texas. 5 The defendants in Delgado previously attempted to remove to federal court, asserting that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 136-136y, preempted the plaintiffs' claims and provided federal question jurisdiction. The district court remanded, noting that even if the FIFRA preempted the Delgado plaintiffs' claims, there was no federal question jurisdiction. See Rodriguez v. Shell Oil Co., 818 F. Supp. 1013, 1018 (S.D. Tex. 1993). 6 Subsequently, Defendant Del Monte Fresh Produce, N.A., filed an original answer in state court and, within thirty days, served a third-party petition impleading Dead Sea and its American affiliate, Ameribrom, Inc., (Ameribrom) as third-party defendants. State court leave to serve the third-party petition was not required. Later the same day that the third-party petition was filed against it, Dead Sea removed the case to the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division. 7 8 The other defendants joined in the removal and filed cross-claims against Dead Sea and, in some cases, against one another. 8 Shell filed supplemental notices of removal. The Delgado plaintiffs filed a motion to remand, asserting lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The district court denied the motion, concluding that Dead Sea was a foreign state entitled to remove, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441(d), 9 and consolidated Delgado with Jorge, which we consider next.