Legal Opinion
City of Vestavia Hills v. General Fidelity Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 13, 2012No. 11-13091PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, District Judge:
PlaintiffAppellant, the City of Vestavia Hills, Alabama (“Vestavia Hills”) appeals the district court’s denial of its motion to remand the matter back to state court. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), and, having concluded that the district court properly denied Vestavia Hills’s motion to remand, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND AND VESTAVIA HILLS’S ARGUMENTS
Vestavia Hills won a judgment in state court against Cameron Development Corporation (“Cameron”). Based on that judgment, Vestavia Hills is now entitled to collect $442,263 from Cameron. Cameron submitted a claim…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Smith v. SperlingSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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