Legal Opinion
Greer v. Skilcraft
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided January 31, 1989No. CV 88-P-2152-S, CV 88-P-2188-S, CV 88-P-2192-SPublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POINTER, Chief Judge.
More than 150 civil actions were removed to this court on December 15, 16, and 19, 1988. Most were cases with fictitious parties that had been pending in state court for months or even years, and were being removed on the basis of Section 1016 of the Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice Act, P.L. 100-702 (the “Act”). This flurry of activity resulted from the defendants’ belief that this Section — which in part provides that the citizenship of defendants sued under fictitious names is to be disregarded for purposes of removal — became effective on November…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by54 opinions
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