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LINCOLN PROPERTY CO. v. ROCHE

No. 04-712.

546 U.S. 81 (2005)

LINCOLN PROPERTY CO. ET AL. v. ROCHE ET UX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 29, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Frederick argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Scott K. Attaway, Connie N. Bertram, Richard A. Dean, and Carol T. Stone.

Gregory P. Joseph argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Sandra M. Lipsman and Douglas J. Pepe.*

JUSTICE GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns 28 U.S.C. § 1441, which authorizes the removal of civil actions from state court to federal court when the action initiated in state court is one that could have been brought, originally, in a federal district court. § 1441(a). When federal-court jurisdiction is predicated on the parties' diversity of citizenship, see § 1332, removal is permissible "only if none of the parties in...

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