Legal Opinion
Williams v. Howard University
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 17, 1997No. CIV.A. 97-2161(JHG)PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.
This Court joins the many other courts that have enforced what might be called “the Three Musketeers Rule” under the federal removal statutes. Under this rule, multiple defendants must unambiguously and independently show that in seeking to remove a case from state court to federal court they are “all for one, one for all.” 1 Because only two of the three defendants have expressed their consent to removal, this case shall be remanded to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (“Superior Court”) forthwith.
A. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
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