Legal Opinion
Rosenfield v. Forest City Enters., L.P.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 28, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-2054PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEduardo C. Robreno, District Judge
Under the removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b), a defendant has thirty days after being served with a complaint to remove a case to federal court. However, where, as here, it is not apparent from the face of the complaint that a case is removable, a defendant may remove within thirty *675days of receipt of an amended complaint, motion, order, or "other paper" from which it may first be ascertained that the case is removable.
In this case, Defendants' counsel first learned in pre-suit written communications with Plaintiff's counsel that the amount in controversy exceeded $75,000, and that therefore…
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