Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Farina
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 18, 2014No. 1:14-cv-1214PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.
At issue in this twice-removed diversity contract case is whether a remand to state court is permissible in the face of the automatic stay resulting from defendant’s filing of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition. For the reasons stated below, the automatic stay provision does not bar remand, which is necessary in this case, inter alia, because the removing defendant is a citizen of the forum state.
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Plaintiff is an attorney residing in the District of Columbia. Defendant is a resident of Virginia. Their dispute arises out of a legal services agreement entered…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Soares v. Brockton Credit UnionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Catherine Norwood Winters, Acting by and Through Her Attorney-In-Fact, Toni Louise McMahon v. George Mason Bank Robert O. Tyler, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- MTGLQ Investors, L.P. v. GuireDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2003
- Diebel v. S.B. Trucking Co.District Court, M.D. Florida · 2003
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In re Cashco, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico · 2019
- Cianci v. ChaputSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2016
- Sanders v. FarinaDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2016
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- City of Holly Springs v. Johnson & JohnsonDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2022
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