Legal Opinion
Wakeland v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided March 5, 1998No. Civ.A. 97-1091-BH-MPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAND, Senior District Judge.
Before the court is plaintiffs’ motion for remand to the Circuit Court for Mobile County, Alabama (Doc. 7). Upon due consideration of all pertinent portions of the record, the court concludes that the motion to remand should be denied.
I. BACKGROUND
Billy J. Wakeland and Linda K. Wakeland, husband and wife, filed their complaint in this civil action in the Circuit Court for Mobile County, Alabama, on October 22, 1997. Named as defendants are many of the major tobacco concerns: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, The American Tobacco…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Wilson v. Republic Iron & Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- B., Inc. v. Miller Brewing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Tapscott v. MS Dealer Service Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Casrell v. Altec Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1976
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