Legal Opinion
Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Aaron-Lincoln Mercury, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 29, 1983No. 82 C 5350PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, District Judge.
In this case we must decide an important question of federal jurisdiction — whether a third party defendant may remove an action filed in state court to this court when the original action is not removable.
On June 25, 1981, plaintiff Ford Motor Credit Corp. (“FMC”) filed a complaint against defendants-third party plaintiffs Aaron-Lincoln Mercury, Inc. (“Aaron-Lincoln”), Elliott Dulberger (“Dulberger”) and Arthur Nelson (“Nelson”) 1 in the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois. FMC sought to hold Aaron-Lincoln liable on a financing…
2Cases cited91 opinions
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3Cited by33 opinions
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