Davis v. Cluet, Peabody & Co.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs sued defendants in state court on claims arising out of plaintiffs’ alleged involuntary detention by defendants during an investigation of thefts at a company plant.1 They later amended their complaints, charging that defendants’ actions had violated plaintiffs’ Fourteenth Amendment rights. Defendants removed the case to federal court, alleging that plaintiffs’ Fourteenth Amendment claims raised federal questions and therefore gave the district court jurisdiction to remove and hear the cases under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1441.2 The district court denied a motion by…