HOLLYWAY v. Dane

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, District Judge.

This cause is before the court on the motion of plaintiffs J.L. Holloway and Ronald W. Schnoor to remand or, in the alternative, for mandatory or permissive abstention and equitable remand. Defendants John Dane, III and Rick S. Rees have responded in opposition to the motion and the court, having considered the mem-oranda of authorities, together with attachments, submitted by the parties, concludes that plaintiffs’ motion should be granted.

In November 1999, Friede Goldman International (FGI), a company engaged in the business of…