Legal Opinion
Getty Oil Corporation, Succeeded by and a Division of Texaco, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 13, 1988No. 87-2074PublishedCited by 671 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant “Getty Oil Corporation, Succeeded by and a Division of Texaco, Inc.” (Getty), brought this action against defendants-appellees Insurance Company of North America (INA), Companies Collective, and NL Industries, Inc. (NL) in a Texas court. INA, joined by Companies Collective and subsequently by NL, filed a petition for removal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441(b) and 1446(a), and the case was removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Alleging defects in the removal petition and the lack of federal jurisdiction, Getty…
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