Legal Opinion
Lowell Staats Mining Co. v. Philadelphia Electric Co.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided January 28, 1987No. Civ. A. 87-K-35PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON PETITION FOR REMOVAL AND MOTION TO DISMISS
KANE, District Judge.
Defendants have petitioned for removal. The petition includes a prayer for costs and fees. In addition, the individual defendants Smith and Robison have moved for dismissal.
28 U.S.C. § 1359 bars the district court from assuming subject matter jurisdiction over “a civil action in which any party, by assignment or otherwise, has been improperly or collusively made or joined to invoke the jurisdiction of such court.” This statute prohibits devices to create federal jurisdiction. No converse statute exists, however.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Wilson v. Republic Iron & Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Smoot v. Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
- Carl Dodd v. Fawcett Publications, Inc., a Corporation, and Mid-Continent News Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- Wecker v. National Enameling & Stamping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Lowell Staats Mining Company, Inc. v. Philadelphia Electric CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Webb v. Just in Time, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1991
- Lowell Staats Mining Co. v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Katz v. Costa Armatori, S.P.A.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1989
- Lowell Staats Mining Co. v. Philadelphia Electric Co.District Court, D. Colorado · 1987
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