Legal Opinion
Hawkins v. KPMG LLP
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 17, 2006No. C 05-04763 MHPPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
Re: Motion to Remand; Motion to Compel Arbitration
PATEL, District Judge.
Plaintiff William M. Hawkins III filed this action in California state court on July 15, 2005, alleging generally that defendants KPMG LLP, Harvey Armstrong and Quellos Group LLC fraudulently induced plaintiff to purchase a tax shelter which defendants knew to be illegal. Defendants removed the action to federal court on November 21, 2005 under 9 U.S.C. section 205, which provides federal subject matter jurisdiction over lawsuits involving international arbitrations. Now before the court are plaintiffs…
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