Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist · ¶32

Whole Foods, however, was not dismissed correctly, and the interlocutory nature of that dismissal meant that it was reversible on appeal from the final judgment in Hain's favor. Whole Foods thus was only temporarily and erroneously removed from the case; it was not “gone for good.” Royal Canin U. S. A., Inc. v. Wullschleger, 604 U. S. 22, 33 (2025). When the Fifth Circuit reversed the District Court's error, it restored Whole Foods to the case and correctly held that the jurisdictional defect had not been cured. That meant that the defect “lingered through judgment” and that the District Court's judgment therefore “must be vacated.” Caterpillar, 519 U. S., at 77.

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