Legal Opinion

Gaines v. Valvoline LLC

District Court, W.D. Washington

Decided August 25, 2025No. 3:25-cv-05599Unknown

1Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 CHARLES H. GAINES, CASE NO. 3:25-cv-05599-DGE 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 12 v. REMAND (DKT. NO. 11) 13 VALVOLINE LLC et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 I INTRODUCTION 17 This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff Charles Gaines’s motion to remand this 18 case to the Pierce County Superior Court. (Dkt. No. 11.) Defendant Valvoline LLC 19 (“Valvoline”) opposes remand. (Dkt. No. 22.) For the reasons set forth herein, the motion to 20 remand is DENIED. 21 22 23 24 1 II FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Frank D. Gaus v. Miles, Inc., an Indiana CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  2. Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. SheetsSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Antonio Abrego Abrego v. The Dow Chemical Co Shell Oil Company, D/B/A Shell Chemical Company, and Shell Agricultural Chemical CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
  4. Hunter v. Philip Morris USACourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
  5. Kelli Smallwood v. Illinois Central Railroad Company Mississippi Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004

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