Legal Opinion

Reagin v. French

District Court, N.D. Alabama

Decided October 4, 2017No. Case No. 5:17-cv-00421-HNJPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HERMAN N. JOHNSON, JR., UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE ,

This civil action for a partition and sale of property proceeds before the court on Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand. (Doc. 2). In their Motion, Plaintiffs argue that the federal- court -does hot have subject matter jurisdiction-to sustain removal because this case proceeds as an in rem or quasi in rem action. Because the Defendant’s removal terminated the state; court’s quasi in rem jurisdiction over this action, the court DENIES the motion.

Background

Plaintiffs Joel Reagin, Susan Ann Morris Gardner, and Carol Massey, and…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
  2. University of South Alabama v. American Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
  3. Kline v. Burke Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. Katie Lowery v. Honeywell International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
  5. McClellan v. CarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1910

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