Legal Opinion
Peterson v. BMI Refractories
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 21, 1997No. 96-6747PublishedCited by 196 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This race discrimination case started out in state court over two years ago. After that much time, this appeal should be about the merits of the plaintiffs’ lawsuit, and the litigation process should be winding to a close. Unfortunately, this appeal has nothing to do with the merits of the plaintiffs’ lawsuit, which has yet to be tried. Instead, this appeal involves these three preliminary issues: (1) whether the district court had removal jurisdiction over this case, which was removed to it from a state court located in another district, which is contrary to the…
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