Legal Opinion

Convent Corporation v. City of North Little Rock

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 27, 2015No. 14-1912PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Per curiam

Convent Corporation (“Convent”) appeals the district court’s 1 denial of its motion for attorneys’ fees for improper removal against the City of North Little Rock (“City”) and City officials 2 (collectively, “defendants”). Because we conclude that removal was not improper, we affirm.

I. Background

Convent filed suit against the defendants in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas, seeking to appeal a resolution that the North Little Rock City Council passed declaring Convent’s property a nuisance and condemning the property. In the same complaint, Convent

also br[ought] claims against…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. Gaming Corporation of America Golden Nickel Casinos, Inc. v. Dorsey & Whitney, a Partnership, in Re Dorsey & Whitney, a PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  4. Valdes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  5. Rhonda Tenkku v. Normandy BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003

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