Federal trial judges cannot on their own motions send a case back to a state court on the basis of procedural defects in the way the case was removed, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. The ruling aligns the 3rd Circuit with four other circuits that have ruled the same way -- the 5th, 6th, 7th and 11th -- and effectively puts an end to a practice that had become common for U.S. District Judge Alfred J. Lechner of the District of New Jersey.
April 05, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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Federal trial judges cannot on their own motions send a case back to a state court on the basis of procedural defects in the way the case was removed, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
With its ruling in In Re: FMC Corp., the 3rd Circuit aligns itself with four other circuits that have ruled the same way — the 5th, 6th, 7th and 11th — and effectively puts an end to a practice that had become common for U.S. District Judge Alfred J. Lechner of the District of New Jersey.
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