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GONSALVES v. AMOCO SHIPPING CO.

No. 660, Docket 83-7721.

733 F.2d 1020 (1984)

Charles GONSALVES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMOCO SHIPPING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1984.

As Amended May 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Matthews, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph T. Stearns, New York City (Kathleen V. McQuilling and Walker & Corsa, New York City, on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before MESKILL, NEWMAN and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a close question as to whether a seaman's state court lawsuit arising out of his personal injuries is removable to a federal district court. The appeal reveals the tension between Congress' preference to permit a plaintiff to maintain a Jones Act suit in state court, without risk of removal, 28 U.S.C. § 1445(a) (1982), and its permission to a defendant to remove an entire lawsuit when a removable claim that is...

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