Federal Insurance Company v. TYCO INTERNATIONAL

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “proper service of process under state law is required to trigger a defendant’s removal obligations”
• explaining that “[o]ut of respect for the independence of state courts, and in order to control the federal docket, federal courts construe the removal statute narrowly, resolving any doubts against removability” (quotation marks omitted)
• explaining that “[o]ut of respect for the independence of state courts, and in order to control the federal docket, federal courts construe the removal statute narrowly, resolving any doubts against removability” (alteration in original) (quotation marks omitted)
• referring to the “guiding principle” that “the propriety of removal is to be determined by the pleadings at the time of removal”
• deeming a motion to remand timely when the initial motion was made within the 30-day window but was denied without prejudice for failing to comply with the court’s pre-motion conference requirement
• applying state law in evaluating pre-removal joinder of claims and parties

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).