Akin v. Big Three Industries

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a plaintiff “cannot voluntarily invoke, and then disavow, federal jurisdiction”
• stating that the general removal rule “require[s] all defendants to join in the removal petition”
• noting that cases resulting from events “occurring within federal enclaves may be removed to federal district court as a part of federal question jurisdiction”
• noting that cases resulting from events “occurring within federal enclaves may be removed to federal district court as a part of federal question jurisdiction”
• requiring “clear and unequivocal” notice of removability from the pleading or other paper to trigger the 30-day deadline for the removal by a defendant of a civil action
• affirming the district 27 court’s determination that the term “while working at” a military base “could serve as either 28 a ‘geographical modifier’ or a ‘durational modifier’” so removal timely occurred upon 1 discovery resolving the ambiguity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Akin v. Ashland Chemical Co.
  Third Circuit· 1998-08-21· cited 74×
• Boulder County Commissioners v. Suncor Energy
  Tenth Circuit· 2022-02-08· cited 63×
• Tufaro v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
  Tenth Circuit· 2024-07-09· cited 46×
• Paros Properties LLC v. Colorado Casualty Insurance
  Tenth Circuit· 2016-08-29· cited 43×
• Bellman v. NXP Semiconductors USA, Inc.
  D. New Mexico· 2017-03-31· cited 20×
• Hernandez v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
  D. New Mexico· 2018-08-30· cited 18×
• United States v. Tingey
  Tenth Circuit· 2013-05-29· cited 10×
• Boggs v. Harris
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-12-22· cited 8×
• Swiech v. Fred Loya Insurance Co.
  D. New Mexico· 2017-08-31· cited 7×
• Firebird Structures, LCC v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local Union No. 1505
  D. New Mexico· 2017-05-05· cited 6×
• Gallup Med Flight, LLC v. Builders Trust of New Mexico
  D. New Mexico· 2017-02-28· cited 4×
• Gruber v. Estate of Marshall
  D. Kansas· 2017-01-17· cited 3×
• Fds Restaurant, Inc. v. All Plumbing, Inc., Service, Parts, Installation
  District of Columbia· 2012-09-14
• Ficken v. Golden
  District of Columbia· 2010-03-16
• Granite Reinsurance Company, Ltd v. Frohman
  District of Columbia· 2009-08-17
• Cutrone v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2014-04-17
• Harris v. Bankers Life
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-10-05
• Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. BP P.L.C.
  Fourth Circuit· 2022-04-07
• C&M Resources v. Extraction Oil and Gas
  Tenth Circuit· 2025-11-14

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Salve Regina College v. Russell
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-20· cited 2,415×
• Arizona v. Manypenny
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-15· cited 451×
• Vitkus v. Beatrice Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1993-12-13· cited 381×
• Mattie Tolton and Ronald Tolton v. American Biodyne, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1995-03-03· cited 286×
• Philip Barbara v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1996-10-17· cited 180×
• Thomas Bernstein v. Lind-Waldock & Company and Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-06-18· cited 135×
• James Debry, Robert J. Debry and Lynn M. Hilton v. Transamerica Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1979-05-31· cited 123×
• Mrs. Jack D. Fowler v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1965-03-19· cited 86×
• Nicholson v. Tacker
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1973-06-26· cited 68×
• Mater v. Holley
  Fifth Circuit· 1952-11-29· cited 64×
• Ely Valley Mines, Inc., Pioche Mines Consolidated, Inc. v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Americo L. Campini, Leland Donahue
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-05-11· cited 58×
• Robert J. Johnson v. Odeco Oil and Gas Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-01-23· cited 58×
• Robert L. Bradford v. Emmet E. Harding
  Second Circuit· 1960-11-29· cited 57×
• Cunningham v. Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1975-03-26· cited 55×
• Fernon D. Marshall v. Ford Motor Company, a Foreign Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1971-08-16· cited 49×
• H. B. Ardison and Johnnie Wilson v. Usbaldo O. Villa
  Tenth Circuit· 1957-09-25· cited 47×
• Cantrell v. Great Republic Insurance Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-04-24· cited 35×
• Mayberry v. Akron Rubber MacHinery Corp.
  N.D. Oklahoma· 1979-12-20· cited 31×
• Ronald G. Davis v. Fox River Tractor Company, a Division of Koehring Company
  Tenth Circuit· 1975-06-10· cited 30×