Padilla v. AT & T CORP.

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND

ANDREW J. GUILFORD, District Judge.

Diversity jurisdiction was embedded in our Constitution by our Founders. The thinking was in part that, for example, in a case involving non-Virginians, a jury of Virginians sitting in federal court would be more likely to follow their oath to be fair than would a jury of Virginians sitting in state court. See Erwin Chemerinsky, Federal Jurisdiction 296 (5th ed.2007) (“The traditional theory is that diversity jurisdiction was intended to protect out-of-state residents from the bias that they might experience, or at least fear…