Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Continental Casualty Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 11, 1994No. 94-2082PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
May a district court remand a case on its own motion for a defect in removal procedure? Are we even entitled to ask this question? A petition for mandamus presents these subjects for decision.
Leonard E. Sturzl filed suit in a Wisconsin court on September 22, 1993. Defendant Continental Casualty Company is not a Wisconsin insurer and is required by state law to designate the state’s Commissioner of Insurance as its agent for service of process. On October 1, 1993, Sturzl served the Commissioner with the summons and complaint. On October 4 the Commissioner mailed…
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