Legal Opinion
Flying Pigs, LLC v. RRAJ Franchising, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 1, 2014No. 13-2135PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge THACKER joined.
KING, Circuit Judge:
In late 2012, a North Carolina business called Flying Pigs, LLC, sued a North Carolina entity called RRAJ Franchising, LLC, in the Superior Court of Lenoir County, North Carolina, alleging a claim under North Carolina law. RRAJ removed that lawsuit to the Eastern District of North Carolina, asserting federal question jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331. The district court denied Flying Pigs’s motion to remand to Lenoir County for lack of federal…
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