- 28 U.S.C.
Massey Energy Co. v. West Virginia Consumers for Justice
Sep
26
2006
Ruling
Mandatory abstention applied to remand defamation action to state court.
Procedural posture
In a state court, plaintiffs, an energy company and its president, filed defamation and business conspiracy claims against defendants, a political advocacy group and its president. The claims were removed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334(b) and 1452 on the ground that the claims were related to the advocacy group's bankruptcy proceeding. Plaintiffs filed a motion to abstain and remand. The advocacy group's president filed a motion to transfer.
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