Ford v. Shoney's Restaurants, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COBB, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Geraldine Ford and John Ford (Fords) move to remand the above styled and numbered cause to the 172nd Judicial District Court in Jefferson County, Texas, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1447. 1 Plaintiffs contend that defendant Shoney’s Restaurants, Inc. (Shoney’s) did not file a notice of removal within the thirty-day period provided by 28 U.S.C. section 1446(a).

Plaintiffs failed to state the amount in controversy in their first two amended petitions or the dollar amount sought to be recovered from the named defendant. Defendant furnished…