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· 1/13/1981

Albert Pecherski v. General Motors Corp. And Jane Doe

Citations

  • 636 F.2d 1156
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 21069

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “the mere failure to serve a defendant who would defeat diversity jurisdiction does not permit a court to ignore that defendant in determining the propriety of removal”
  • “mere failure to serve a defendant who would defeat diversity jurisdiction does not permit a court to ignore that defendant in determining the propriety of removal”
  • “[A] court, in determining the propriety of removal based on diversity of citizenship, must consider all named defendants, regardless of service.”
  • “[T]he prevailing view is that the mere failure to serve a defendant who would defeat diversity jurisdiction does not permit a court to ignore that defendant in determining the propriety of removal.”
  • “Despite the joined and served provision of section 1441(b), the prevailing view is that the mere failure to serve a defendant who would defeat diversity jurisdiction does not permit a court to ignore that defendant in determining the propriety of removal.”
  • “Despite the joined and served provision of section 1441(b), the prevailing view is that the mere failure to serve a defendant who would defeat diversity jurisdiction does not permit a court to ignore that defendant in determining the propriety of removal.”

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Judges: Bright, Heaney, Ross

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