Legal Opinion
In Re Tobacco/Governmental Health Care Costs Litigation
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 12, 2000No. MDL 1279, Misc. No. 99-213, Civ.A.Nos. 99-0586, 99-1534PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the motions of the Republic of Bolivia and the Republic of Venezuela to remand their lawsuits to the state courts in which they were originally brought and on the motion of the removing defendants for leave to take limited discovery. The removing defendants asserted two jurisdictional bases for the removal of these cases to federal court: (1) that the cases arise under federal law because they implicate the “federal common law of foreign relations,” and (2) that the foreign plaintiffs are diverse from the named…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Caterpillar Inc. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Ruhrgas Ag v. Marathon Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Banco Nacional De Cuba v. SabbatinoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rivet v. Regions Bank of LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Crowe v. ColemanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Republic of Venezuela v. Philip Morris IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
- Breakman v. AOL LLCDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2008
- International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers v. Insurance Co. of the WestDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2005
- Patrickson v. Dole Food Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Downey v. Ambassador Development, LLCDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2008
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