· 10/31/1984
In Re Iowa Manufacturing Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Citations
- 747 F.2d 462
- 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 17159
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- holding that the history of the statute “suggests that the [voluntary-involuntary] rule as announced by the Supreme Court” was incorporated into the statute’s meaning
- “Removal is improper [] if the dismissal of that resident defendant was involuntary.”
- “If the dismissal of a defendant in state court creates complete diversity between all parties so that the case may be removed to federal court; the propriety of removal is determined according to whether the dismissal was voluntary or involuntary with respect to the plaintiff.”
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Judges: Heaney, Fagg, Bowman
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