United States Fourth Circuit

28 U.S.C. section 1447(c) does not permit the imposition of legal fees on an attorney who erroneously removes a case from state to federal court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/29/2009
• Decided 12/07/2009
• Published 12/07/2009

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Mark Jerome Friedman, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants.  W. Neil Eggleston, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  David B. Misler, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Baltimore, Maryland;  William H. Murphy, Jr., Kenneth B. Frank, William H. Murphy, Jr. & Associates, PA, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants.   Alan M. Grochal, Kristin P. Herber, Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee Douglas S. Draper.