Perez v. Forest Laboratories, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447
Relies on Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America · Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams · United States v. American Trucking Associations · Green v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[p]re-service removal by means of monitoring the electronic docket smacks more of forum shopping by a defendant, than it does of protecting the defendant from the improper joinder of a forum defendant that plaintiff has no intention of serving.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“A civil action otherwise removable solely on the basis of the jurisdiction under section 1332(a) of this title may not be removed if any of the parties in interest properly joined and served as defendants is a citizen of the State in which such action is brought.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Given the ability of defendants to learn of lawsuits filed long before any formal service of process can occur, to blindly apply the 'properly joined and served' language of section 1441(b)(2) 'is to eviscerate the purpose of the forum defendant rule.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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