Legal Opinion
Murphy Brothers, Inc. v. Michetti Pipe Stringing, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 5, 1999No. 97-1909PublishedCited by 2,159 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
This ease concerns the time within which a defendant named in a state-court action may remove the action to a federal court. The governing provision is 28 U. S. C. § 1446(b), which specifies, in relevant part, that the removal notice “shall be filed within thirty days after the receipt by the defendant, through service or otherwise, of a copy of the [complaint].” The question presented is whether the named defendant must be officially summoned to appear in the action before the time to remove begins to run. Or, may the 30-day period start earlier, on the named defendant’s receipt, before…
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- Francisco Silva v. City of MadisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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