Legal Opinion
Mills v. Harmon Law Offices, P.C.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 12, 2003No. 03-1091PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a narrow procedural question — whether a case properly removed to federal court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446 can be dismissed with prejudice if the district court subsequently concludes that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the dispute.
On January 9, 1987, appellants Deborah and Peter Mills refinanced the mortgage on their home with defendant Salem Five Cents Savings Bank (“Salem Bank”), which in turn assigned the mortgage to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”). The Mills were delinquent in their loan payments on numer…
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