United States Ninth Circuit

The thirty-day time period for removal starts to run from defendant's receipt of the initial pleading only when that pleading affirmatively reveals on its face the facts necessary for federal court jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/10/2005
• Decided 10/06/2005
• Published 10/06/2005

Judges

• Before THOMPSON, McKEOWN, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• L. Randall Bishop, Jarussi & Bishop, Billings, MT, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John R. Gordon, Spoon, Gordon & McHugh, Missoula, MT, for the defendants-appellees.