Legal Opinion
Baker v. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 5, 2014No. 12-2779PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Eighteen citizens (the citizens) of Greenwood, Missouri (the City), sued Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Hunt Martin Materials, LLC, and several trucking companies (collectively, “the quarry defendants”) in Missouri state court, asserting various state-law tort claims. The quarry defendants removed the case to federal district court, whereupon the district court issued an injunction prohibiting the citizens from pursuing their claims in any forum. The citizens appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to remand to state court and its issuance of the…
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