Legal Opinion
Beers v. North American Van Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1988No. 86-4641PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
North American Van Lines, Inc. and North American Forwarding, Inc. (North American) challenge a jury verdict in favor of Captain Everette T. Beers and his wife Ann Wynne Beers, awarding punitive damages in a property insurance dispute. We do not reach the merits of this appeal for we must first address, sua sponte, the threshold issue of federal jurisdiction. Finding no basis for federal jurisdiction we conclude that removal was improper. Lacking subject-matter jurisdiction, we must vacate the judgment and return the case to the district court with instructions to remand…
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