PETERS v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF TEXAS

No. 12578.

174 F.2d 162 (1949)

PETERS et al. v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF TEXAS.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 4, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper K. Ragan, of Houston, Tex., and Wendell Forse, of Newton, Tex., for appellants.

J. C. Hutcheson, III, of Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before HOLMES, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from an order of the court below, granting a preliminary injunction to stay proceedings in a state court. It involves the removal jurisdiction of the United States district court, including the doctrine of realignment of parties for federal jurisdictional purposes. Said injunction was granted to stay a threatened trial in the state court after a motion to remand had been overruled in the federal court.

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