Legal Opinion
Scarlett Goodwin v. Dewight Reynolds
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 3, 2014No. 13-14621PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Pursuant to the so-called “forum-defendant rule,” a state-court action that is otherwise removable to federal court solely on the basis of diversity of citizenship is not removable if any of the “parties in interest properly joined and served as defendants is a citizen of the State in which such action is brought.” 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b) (2006) (emphasis added). 1 Plaintiff filed this case in state court. One of the defendants is a citizen of the forum state. The two non-forum defendants, however, removed the case to federal court before the forum defendant had yet been…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Quackenbush v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Thermtron Products, Inc. v. HermansdorferSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Clayton E. Durham v. Florida East Coast Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Reta L. McCants as Administratrix of the Estate of Johnny L. McCants Deceased v. Ford Motor Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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- Delaughder v. Colonial Pipeline Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 2018
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