__NOTOC__ Lincoln Property Co. v. Roche, , was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that defendants may remove an action on the basis of diversity of citizenship when there is complete diversity between all named plaintiffs and all named defendants and when no defendant is a citizen of the forum state. It is not incumbent on the named defendants to negate the existence of a potential defendant whose presence in the action would destroy diversity.Syllabus of .
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