Ethington v. General Electric Co.

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 literal interpretation of [28 U.S.C. § 1441(b)(2)] creates an opportunity for gamesmanship by defendants, which could not have been the intent of the legislature in drafting the ‘properly joined and served’ language”
• indicating that “applying plain language of § 1441(b) would produce a result demonstrably at odds with Congressional intent underpinning the forum defendant rule”
• explaining that “[t]he forum defendant rule generally prohibits defendants from removing a case” when the suit was filed “in the defendant’s own home state courts”
• explaining that [t]he forum defendant rule generally prohibits defendants form removing a case” when the suit was filed “in the defendant’s own home state courts”
• discussing the forum defendant rule and interpreting the text of Section 1441(b)
• remanding case to state court for violation of forum defendant rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).