Kakarala v. Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.

The question presented by this petition is whether the Court should overrule Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer, 423 U.S. 336 , 96 S.Ct. 584 , 46 L.Ed.2d 542 (1976). Thermtron adopted an atextual reading of 28 U.S.C. § 1447 (d), the federal law governing review of orders remanding a case from federal to state courts. Because I remain of the view that Thermtron was wrongly decided, I respectfully dissent from the denial of certiorari.

Congress has unambiguously deprived federal courts of jurisdiction to review an order remanding a case from federal to state court: "An order remanding a…