Legal Opinion
Leys v. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided January 9, 2009No. Case 1:08-cv-1084PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order
PAUL L. MALONEY, Chief Judge.
Ordering the Defendant to Show Cause Why this Case Should Not Be Remanded to State Court for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
Mark Leys and his wife Naesha Leys (together, “Leys”) sued Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc. (“Lowe’s”) in Michigan state court, and Lowe’s filed a notice purporting to invoke this court’s diversity removal jurisdiction. 1 For the reasons that follow, the court determines that the defendant has not yet presented evidence sufficient to permit the factual findings needed for diversity removal jurisdiction. 2
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