Lena Mae Harris v. Edward Hyman Company

The appellant, Lena Mae Harris, brought this action in the Chancery Court of Copiah County, Mississippi against her employer, Edward Hyman Company (“Edward Hyman”), and her union, Local 361 of the United Garment Workers (“Union”), for restitution and to enforce the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement. Her employer filed a timely 1 removal petition in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. 2 As filed, however, the removal petition was defective in that it was not joined in by the Union. 3 Subsequently, Harris moved to remand the action to the…