Broderick v. Dellasandro

How courts have described this case

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• holding as “other paper” under section 1446(b) letter from plaintiff to defendant informing defendant that non-diverse Plaintiffs have moved out of state
• explaining that “attorneys are officers of the court and have an ethical obligation to be honest with their adversaries’ inquiries about the facts of the case”
• finding that a letter from the plaintiffs’ counsel indicating that the plaintiffs had changed residency provided the defendant with notice that the case had become removable
• reasoning that “[t]he statutory requirement of a writing reduces disputes over knowledge of diversity or the amount in controversy and helps avoid later battles of credibility between opposing parties and lawyers”
• holding letter from plaintiffs' attorney to defendants' attorney was \other paper\
• rejecting the notion that “attorney correspondence [is excluded] under all circumstances from the definition of ‘other paper,’” where plaintiffs’ counsel had notified defense counsel of the fact that plaintiffs had been residing in Pennsylvania

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