In Re Curtis Bruce WILLIS, Petitioner

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “the notice of removal may be filed within thirty days of when the defendant first discovers the case is removable”
• finding that “the thirty-day time limit of section 1446(b) begins running upon receipt of the initial complaint only when the complaint explicitly discloses the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of the federal jurisdictional amount”
• holding in non-CAFA case that § 1446(b) time period begins to run upon a defendant’s receipt of the initial complaint only if the complaint “explicitly discloses [that] the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of the federal jurisdictional amount”
• holding in non-CAFA case that § 1446(b) time period begins to run upon a defendant’s receipt of the initial complaint only if the complaint “explicitly discloses [that] the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of the federal jurisdictional amount”
• “[T]his rule prevents a plaintiff from disguising the amount of damages until after the thirty-day time limit has run to avoid removal to federal court.”
• “The thirty-day time limit of section 1446(b) begins running upon receipt of the initial complaint only when the complaint explicitly discloses the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of the federal jurisdictional amount.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Robert H. Harris v. Bankers Life and Casualty Company Kenneth L. Brown
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-10-06· cited 568×
• Knudson v. Systems Painters, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2011-03-10· cited 181×
• Moltner v. Starbucks Coffee Co.
  Second Circuit· 2010-11-02· cited 131×
• Cutrone v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2014-04-17· cited 111×
• Hubert Walker v. Trailer Transit, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-08-23· cited 100×
• Entrekin v. Fisher Scientific Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 2001-06-11· cited 45×
• Paros Properties LLC v. Colorado Casualty Insurance
  Tenth Circuit· 2016-08-29· cited 43×
• Aranda v. Foamex International d/b/a FXI, Inc.
  D. New Mexico· 2012-07-11· cited 23×
• Massage Envy Franchising v. Mark Pirozzi
  Eighth Circuit· 2019-09-17· cited 21×
• Gibson v. Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2016-10-24· cited 17×
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Valspar Corp.
  D. South Dakota· 2010-09-24· cited 12×
• Portillo v. National Freight, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 2016-03-15· cited 7×
• Quick v. Shell Oil Co.
  S.D. New York· 2005-10-06· cited 3×
• Nguyen v. Kautz
  S.D. Iowa· 2000-12-27· cited 1×
• Harris v. Bankers Life
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-10-05
• John Knudson v. Systems Painters
  Eighth Circuit· 2011-03-10

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Adam Frederick Chapman v. Powermatic, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-09-21· cited 244×