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Supreme Court· 4/5/1999

Murphy Brothers, Inc. v. Michetti Pipe Stringing, Inc.

Citations

  • 526 U.S. 344
  • 119 S. Ct. 1322
  • 143 L. Ed. 2d 448
  • 1999 U.S. LEXIS 2346
  • 99 Daily Journal DAR 3237
  • 12 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 183
  • 1999 Colo. J. C.A.R. 1917
  • 67 U.S.L.W. 4238
  • 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2474
  • 43 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that \service of process is the official trigger for responsive action by an individual or entity named defendant\
  • stating that time to remove is triggered by simultaneous service of summons and complaint or receipt of 'complaint after service of summons
  • holding “one becomes a party officially, and is required to take action in that 24 capacity, only upon service of a summons”
  • reasoning that this 14 interpretation of section 1446(b) assures defendants adequate time to decide whether tc 15 ||remove a case
  • explaining that “under longstanding tradition in our system of justice,” “[s]ervice of process … is fundamental to any procedural imposition on a named defendant”
  • reasoning that thi: 14 || interpretation of section 1446(b) assures defendants adequate time to decide whether □□ 15 ||remove a case

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Judges: Ginsburg, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Breyer, Rehnquist, Scaua, Thomas

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