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· 12/14/1971

Williams v. Cardwell

Citations

  • 404 U.S. 992
  • 92 S. Ct. 539

How courts have described this case

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  • observing that removal jurisdiction is \based on the citizenship of the real parties in interest rather than their appointed representatives\ or nominal parties
  • Boeing is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Washington; CFMI is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Ohio; and GE is a New York corporation with its principal place of business in New York
  • where defendant obtained leave of court and filed a third-party action against a foreign defendant
  • \The time limitation for removal is not jurisdictional; it is merely `modal and formal and may be waived.'\
  • “In removed cases, the existence of federal subject matter jurisdiction is determined at the time of removal.”
  • where defendant obtained leave of court and filed a third-party action against a foreign defendant

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