MATTER OF SHELL OIL CO.

No. 92-1709.

970 F.2d 355 (1992)

In the Matter of SHELL OIL COMPANY, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent H. Venker, II, Coburn, Croft & Putzell, St. Louis, Mo., Thomas M. Zulim, Houston, Tex., for petitioner.

Joseph A. Bartholomew, Cook, Shevlin, Keefe, Ysursa, Brauer & Bartholomew, Belleville, Ill., for respondent.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In compliance with the partial writ of mandamus issued on July 1, 966 F.2d 1130, the district judge has explained why he remanded this case to state court. That explanation appears as an appendix to this opinion.

After Congress amended 28 U.S.C. § 1332 to raise the jurisdictional amount in diversity cases to $50,000, the district judge adopted the practice of remanding any case in which the plaintiff files...

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