Cedillo v. Valcar Enterprises & Darling Delaware Co.

FITZWATER, District Judge:

Plaintiff’s motion to remand presents the questions whether a workers’ compensation retaliation action made nonremovable by 28 U.S.C. § 1445(c) becomes removable when pendent to a federal question claim and whether the court should exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the retaliation claim.

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Plaintiff Agripin Cedillo (“Cedillo”) sued defendant Valcar Enterprises & Darling Delaware Company, Inc. (“Valcar”) on March 19, 1990 in Texas state court for violating the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (“TCHRA”), Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. art. 5221k, § 1.01 et seq. (West…