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· 1/26/1982

David C. Wilson v. Intercollegiate (Big Ten) Conference Athletic Association, an Unincorporated Association

Citations

  • 668 F.2d 962
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 22314

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that defendants who could have initially removed but waited until after adverse state court rulings to do so were barred from extending the thirty day time limit
  • noting that one purpose of § 1446(b) is “to prevent the delay and waste of resources involved in starting a case over in a second court after significant proceedings, extending over months or even years, may have taken place in the first court”
  • viewing 30-day removal rule “against a background of general considerations relating to the proper allocation of decision-making responsibilities between state and federal courts”
  • noting that one purpose of § 1446(b) is “to prevent the delay and waste of resources involved in starting a case over in a second court after significant proceedings, extending over months or even years, may have taken place in the first court”
  • noting that one purpose of § 1446(b) is “to prevent the delay and waste of resources involved in starting a case over in a second court after significant proceedings, extending over months or even years, may have taken place in the first court”
  • declining to apply the doctrine because the amended complaint did not alter the character of his due process and equal protection claims from the initial complaint

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Judges: Bauer, Mar-Key, Posner

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