Legal Opinion
Annette Florence v. Crescent Resources, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 18, 2007No. 06-13587, 06-13588, 06-13589 and 06-14206PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
We address in these appeals the question of fraudulent joinder of a resident defendant in the context of removal jurisdiction. Applying the rule that any ambiguity or doubt about whether state law might impose liability on a resident defendant favors remand, we conclude that the district court should have remanded these cases to state court.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Plaintiffs Annette Florence, William Burke, Robert Burns, and Lethesa Reli-ford as personal representative of the estate of Ceola Reliford filed individual lawsuits against Crescent Resources, LLC (“Crescent”) and…
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