Legal Opinion
Schexnayder v. Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 13, 2004No. 03-31138PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
Energy services company appeals a district court’s remand of its consolidated case to state court. Although a remand order is typically unreviewable, the company argues that the district court acted outside of its authority by basing its order on reasons not given in the opposing party’s motion. Because we find no support either in the removal statute or our case law for the company’s argument, we reject it and dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
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Entergy Services is a conglomeration of five affiliated operating companies (collectively “Entergy”)…
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