United States Third Circuit

Because failure to remove within the one-year time limit of 28 U.S.C. section 1446(b) is not a jurisdictional defect, a district court has no authority to order remand on that basis without a timely filed motion.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/07/2003
• Decided 12/08/2003
• Published 12/08/2003

Judges

• Before:  McKEE, SMITH, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald H. Brobst, Elizabeth C. Leo, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Michael Profita [Argued], Teaneck, NJ, Counsel for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph A. O'Brien,Karoline Mehalchick [Argued], Oliver, Price & Rhodes, Clarks Summit, PA, Michael P. Lehutsky, Honesdale, PA, Counsel for Appellee.