Legal Opinion
Harris v. Huffco Petroleum Corp.
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided March 11, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-1538-HPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HAND, Chief Judge.
In this case this Court is confronted yet again with an ingenious attempt to manipulate the removal statutes to the advantage of a foreign corporation displeased by the prospect of defending a lawsuit in the Alabama state court system at the side of a resident ally. This particular action was filed in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Alabama, on November 20, 1985. An amended complaint was filed on December 13, 1985, and the removal petition was filed in this Court on December 19, 1985.
The plaintiff’s state court complaint, which was not significantly altered by…
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- Murray Stein v. Reynolds Securities, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Pullman Co. v. JenkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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