Legal Opinion
Hartford Fire Insurance Company v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 15, 2013No. 12-1761PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
■ Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN and Judge AGEE joined.
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Nominal parties are excepted from the requirement that all defendants join in or consent to removal to federal .court. This case concerns whether insured contractor G.R. Hammonds, Inc. (“Hammonds”) is a nominal party in a contribution suit, between its insurers. We affirm the district court’s holding that Hammonds is a nominal party for purposes of the nominal party exception to the rule of unanimity governing removal.
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