Tommy Morris v. Salvatore Nuzzo

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• holding that proper inquiry is not how the district court would resolve a dispositive choice of law issue, but whether there was a \reasonable possibility [that] the state court would have ruled against\ the nondiverse defendant
• noting that the forum defendant rule is an “additional hurdle” for when diversity jurisdiction applies
• explaining that a party seeking removal bears the burden of proving the propriety of removal and doubts regarding removal are resolved in favor of the plaintiff's choice of forum in state court
• noting that “[t]he few 19 district courts that have decided the issue are split” and stating that “[i]t does not appear 20 that any court of appeals has answered this question”
• explaining that a party seeking removal bears the burden of proving the propriety of removal and doubts regarding removal are resolved in favor of the plaintiff’s choice of forum in state court
• noting that doubts are resolved in favor of the state court plaintiff

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