Legal Opinion
In the Matter of the Application of Myles Greenberg and Frances M. Mulligan v. Anthony F. Veteran, Supervisor and Susan Tolchin, Town Clerk
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 7, 1989No. 173, Docket 89-7476PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
May a town official who is sued in state court for acting, as he believes, to prevent the violation of rights guaranteed by the federal constitution remove such a suit to federal court under the “refusal clause” of the civil rights removal statute?
We think he may. Anthony F. Veteran and Susan Tolchin, the Town Supervisor and Town Clerk, 1 respectively, of Green-burgh, New York, appeal from an order, issued sua sponte by the District Court for the Southern District, remanding the case to the New York Supreme Court, West-chester County. Appellees Myles Green-berg and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- White v. WellingtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Cavanagh v. BrockDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1983
- Bridgeport Education Ass'n v. ZinnerDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1976
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Gallagher v. DonaldDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1992
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