Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist · ¶7

If a federal court of appeals finds that a district court lacked jurisdiction over a case (for example, because the parties turned out not to be from different States), then the district court's judgment on the merits must be vacated. A district court's judgment can stand, however, if the district court “cured” the jurisdictional defect before entering final judgment, such as by properly dismissing a nondiverse party from the case.

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