Legal Opinion
Citigroup, Inc. v. Wachovia Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 20, 2009No. 08 Civ. 8668(SAS)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
THE COURT: “If it acts like a defense and sounds like a defense and quacks like a defense, then it’s a defense.”
March 11, 2009 Oral Argument
I. INTRODUCTION
On October 9, 2008, defendants Wachovia Corporation and Wells Fargo & Company removed this action (“the pending action”) — and an earlier action based on the same facts (“the original action”) — to federal court pursuant to section 1441 of title 28 of the United States Code. Citigroup Incorporated now moves to strike the notice of removal of both actions or remand the pending action to…
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