Legal Opinion
Billy E. Adkins, Administrator of the Estate of Helena R. Adkins v. Illinois Central Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 6, 2003No. 01-3081, 01-3418PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Although the underlying facts of this case relate to a tragic train accident that occurred several years ago in Bourbonnais, Illinois, the question before us in this appeal is a narrow procedural one: can this court review the district court’s decision to remand the case to the state court in which it was originally filed? We conclude that the best way to interpret the district court’s order is as one finding that it had no subject matter jurisdiction over the claims that were remanded. That being the case, this court has no appellate jurisdiction over the…
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