Legal Opinion
Davis v. American General Group Insurance
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided March 22, 1990No. Civ. A. 90-AR-0420-SPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ACKER, District Judge.
On March 7, 1990, the above-entitled cause was removed to this court from the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, by American General Group Insurance Company and the other served defendants. The basis upon which defendants have attempted to invoke the jurisdiction of this court under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 is the existence of a federal question.
Defendants contend that the state court action which was brought by Marty Davis and Pamela Ann Davis is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), over which federal courts have…
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