Kansas Baptist Convention v. Mesa Operating Ltd. Partnership

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CROW, District Judge.

The case comes before the court on plaintiffs’ motion to remand the case to the District Court of Grant County, Kansas, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c). Plaintiffs filed their suit in state court seeking to recover for certain rights and duties under an agreement which obligated defendant to develop and manage plaintiff’s mineral interests.

Defendant, Mesa Operating Limited Partnership (Mesa), filed its petition for removal on October 19, 1988. As the basis for original jurisdiction in this court, defendant asserts diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28…