· 1/26/1976
John T. Witherow v. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, a Corporation
Citations
- 530 F.2d 160
- 21 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 298
- 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 13140
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- holding that “it is undisputably the law[] that removal jurisdiction is derivative—that the federal court ‘derives’ its jurisdiction from the state court . . ..”
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Judges: Aldisert, Hunter, Garth
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