Legal Opinion

Trombino v. Transit Casualty Co.

District Court, D. Rhode Island

Decided April 25, 1986No. Civ. A. No. 84-0694-SPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER'

SELYA, District Judge.

It was the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, who wrote that:

The best laid schemes o’ mice and men Gang aft agley.1

This case, in all its permutations, is but one further illustration of that truth. And, the latest turn of events confronts the parties and the court with an exotic question as to the availability of remand in a removed action which has lately run afoul of the imperatives of Fed.R.Civ.P. 19(b).

I. BACKGROUND

The plaintiffs, Italo Trombino and Anna Trombino, husband and wife, operated a restaurant and lounge in Westerly, Rhode Island under the…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Barney v. Baltimore CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1868
  4. Takeda v. Northwestern National Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  5. McSparran v. WeistCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Rhulen Agency, Inc. v. Alabama Insurance Guaranty Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
  2. Tuck v. United Services Automobile Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
  3. Effjohn International Cruise Holdings, Inc. v. A&L Sales, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
  4. Temple Drilling Co. v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  5. Select Creations, Inc. v. Paliafito America, Inc.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1994

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