47 F. Supp. 2d 848 - McCane v. McCane’s Empirical Analysis
1999
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1446 · 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets · Healy Nh v. Ratta · Chicago Ri Pr Co v. Stude · Cromwell v. Equicor-Equitable HCA Corp. · Warner v. Ford Motor Co.
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“[T]he motion to enforce the amended judgment of divorce [which purported to extinguish an ex-spouse’s right to pension benefits] is clearly a proceeding that is merely supplemental to the original divorce action. Defendant’s motion seeks no additional relief other than enforcement of the existing judgment. Under those circumstances, the motion to enforce the amended judgment of divorce does not qualify as a separate “civil action” that would be removable pursuant to § 1441(a).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he term “civil action” under § 1441 does not embrace proceedings that are merely supplemental, ancillary, or incidental to another action, and such proceedings are not removable to federal court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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