Legal Opinion
Smallwood v. Illinois Central Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 1, 2003No. 02-60782PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and STEWART, Circuit Judges. PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Appellees Illinois Central and Mississippi Department of Transportation have moved for rehearing following our decision ordering remand of this case to state court.1 Appellees contend that our decision conflated the removal rules applicable to federal question jurisdiction with those governing diversity removal. Treating ap-pellees’ petitions for en banc rehearing as petitions for panel rehearing, the petitions for panel rehearing are denied.
In this case, we…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Travis v. IrbyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Gerry M. Griggs v. State Farm Lloyds Lark P. BlumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Wecker v. National Enameling & Stamping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
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