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Orange County Water Dist. v. Unocal Corp.

Orange County Water Dist. v. Unocal Corp.

Ruling
Mandamus challenging allegedly improper bankruptcy court removal of state case that did not impact court's subject matter jurisdiction denied.
Procedural posture

Petitioner water district petitioned for a writ of mandamus, challenging an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which denied its motion to remand its action alleging groundwater contamination to state court. The question presented was whether the district court could retain jurisdiction when a case was improperly removed to federal court.

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Court :
Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
Commercial opinion summary, case decided on October 01, 2009 , LexisNexis #1009-139