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Snap removal is a rare but useful procedural device to remove an action from state to federal court under the diversity jurisdiction rules, even when the plaintiff’s complaint names an in-state defendant as a party....more
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently addressed so-called “Snap Removals” in the case of In re Levy, 52 F.4th 244, 245 (5th Cir. 2022). In Levy, the plaintiff, Calvin Levy, petitioned the Fifth Circuit for a writ of...more
On October 2, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit confronted the question whether a federal district court in Texas had jurisdiction to vacate an arbitration award in Florida. The district court answered...more
In two recent decisions — Brown v. Teva Pharmaceuticals and Doe v. Valley Forge Military Academy & College — courts in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania put limits on the use of so-called “snap removal,” a strategy...more