Legal Opinion
John Nichols v. Harbor Venture, Inc. Horseshoe Casinos, (Missouri), L.L.C. Missouri River Equities, Inc. Donald Schupak
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 10, 2002No. 01-1683PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
John Nichols appeals from orders of the District Court (1) denying his motion to remand this removed case to state court and (2) dismissing under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) his state-law claims alleging abuse of process and malicious prosecution. We reverse on the jurisdictional issue and remand to the District Court.
The genesis of the case presently before the Court is a 1972 suit brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by Nichols and others, including the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Inc., seeking to…
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