Smotherman v. Caswell

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• concluding that a garnishment proceeding is a separate and distinct civil action for purposes of removal
• “In garnishment actions, where a garnishee has denied liability to the judgment debtor, the judgment creditor’s and judgment debtor’s interests are aligned on the same side for purposes of determining diversity of citizenship.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).