Hancock v. Holbrook
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE OIROUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. FOR TIIE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. This was an appeal from an order- of the Circuit Court' remanding to a State Court a cahse removed thence, to the' Circuit Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.'
1Opinion of the Court
. Me. Chief Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
The order remanding this ease is affirmed. A suit cannot ■ be removed from a State Court to a Circuit Court of the United States under subsection 3 of .§ 639 of the Kevised Stat-' utes on the ground, pf “ prejudice or local influence,” unless ¿11 the plaintiffs or all the defendants are citizens of the state in which the suit was brought, and of a state other than thát of which those petitioning for the removal are citizens. Here -it appears that Hancock, the'plaintiff, oh whose petition the removal was had, is a citizen of New…
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