Legal Opinion

Pinney v. Nokia

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided June 21, 2002No. MDL 1421; CIV.A. 01-MD-1421PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

BLAKE, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this multidistriet litigation have brought five class actions against defendants in the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia, and Louisiana. Each count of each complaint is brought, on its face, under state statutory or common law.1 Asserting federal jurisdiction under several theories, the defendants filed notices of removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b) in all five actions. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred the cases to this court. Now pending is plaintiffs’ consolidated and renewed motion for remand…

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3Cited by1 opinion

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