Legal Opinion
Riggs v. Smith
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided January 22, 1997No. 95-14270-CIVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND
RYSKAMP, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE came before the Court upon plaintiff’s Motion to Remand [DE 48], filed August 28, 1996. The Court held an evidentiary hearing on January 13, 1997, at which time it deferred ruling on the motion. This Order sets forth the Court’s factual findings 1 and conclusions of law.
I. Procedural Background
This case began in the Circuit Court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit in and for St. Lucie County, Florida when Melissa Riggs filed a five-count complaint against the various defendants. In brief, Ms. Riggs alleges that defendants sold…
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