Adams v. State of California

HALBERT, District Judge.

There is before the Court a motion by plaintiffs to remand this action to the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Sutter, from which court the case was removed by the State of California and two of its agencies, the Reclamation Board and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District (hereinafter referred to collectively as the State).

The parties are in agreement as to the bare text to be applied when considering a motion to remand where, as here, a basis for diversity jurisdiction is lacking. The action must be “ * * * founded on a…