Removal jurisdiction
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removal-jurisdiction-179-4951530
title:
Removal jurisdiction
text:
In the United States, removal jurisdiction allows a defendant to move a civil action or criminal case filed in a state court to the United States district court in the federal judicial district in which the state court is located. A federal statute governs removal. Generally, removal jurisdiction exists only if, at the time plaintiff filed the action in state court, the federal court had a basis for exercising subject-matter jurisdiction over the action, such as diversity of citizenship of the p
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wiki
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_jurisdiction
date created:
2005-12-19T15:46:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T20:39:51Z
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