U.S. Code > Title 28 Judiciary and Judicial Procedure > PART IV—JURISDICTION AND VENUE (§§ 1251—1631) > CHAPTER 85—DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION (§§ 1330—1369) > § 1359. Parties collusively joined or made

§ 1359. Parties collusively joined or made

A district court shall not have jurisdiction of a civil action in which any party, by assignment or otherwise, has been improperly or collusively made or joined to invoke the jurisdiction of such court.