BOYLE v. MTV NETWORKS, INC.

No. C-90-2694-FMS.

766 F.Supp. 809 (1991)

Rita BOYLE, on behalf of the general public, Plaintiff, v. MTV NETWORKS, INC., a Delaware corporation, AT & T Inc., a New York corporation, Pacific Bell, Inc., a California corporation, and Does I-XX, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

On Application to Stay Remand April 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert De Vries, Carolyn Gold, San Francisco, Cal., for Rita Boyle.

David M. Balabanian, McCutchen Doyle Brown & Enersen, San Jose, Cal., for MTV Networks, Inc.

Jonathan H. Krotinger, San Francisco, Cal., for AT & T Inc.

Joyce M. Norcini, Pacific Bell Legal Dept., San Francisco, Cal., for Pacific Bell.


ORDER GRANTING REMAND

FERN M. SMITH, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's motion for remand. Plaintiff filed suit in state court seeking relief based on California law. Defendants removed to this Court, claiming that federal law preempts Plaintiff's state law causes of action and that Plaintiff had "artfully pleaded" around her true federal basis for relief. For the reasons discussed in this Order, Defendants' removal was inappropriate...

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