Legal Opinion
MR Crescent City, LLC v. Draper (In Re Crescent City Estates, LLC)
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 7, 2009No. 08-2367PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge AGEE joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a purely legal question: whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) permits the imposition of legal fees on an attorney who erroneously removes a case from state to federal court. The district court held that it does not. We affirm.
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This case began in Maryland state court in February 2007. Several entities with an ownership stake in Crescent City Estates, LLC (collectively, appellants) brought a derivative suit against defendants Crescent City…
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