Legal Opinion
Cathy Jackson-Platts v. General Electric Capital Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 2013No. 11-14379PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
At issue today are two basic questions: whether this cause of action — a supplementary proceeding under Florida Statutes section 56.29(6) — is an independent “civil action” removable to federal district court under 28 U.S.C. § 1441, or whether it is merely an ancillary proceeding; and second, accepting that the cause of action was properly removable, whether the district court abused its discretion by remanding the case to state court under the Colorado River abstention doctrine. The appellee, the Estate of Juanita Amelia Jackson, could not collect on a judgment because…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Quackenbush v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- University of South Alabama v. American Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
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