Unicom Systems, Inc. v. National Louis University

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

This removed diversity case involving a contractual dispute among several corporations presents the question whether remand is required where, as here, the non-removing defendant filed an answer within thirty days of service of the initial pleading, but did not file any explicit notice of consent to the removal by the other two defendants until well after the expiration of the thirty day removal period. Put differently, the question is whether the filing of an answer that makes no reference to removal is sufficient to satisfy the requirement that a…