WILLIAMS v. HOWARD UNIVERSITY

No. CIV.A. 97-2161(JHG).

984 F.Supp. 27 (1997)

Ronnie WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOWARD UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clement Theodore Cooper, Washington, DC, for Ronnie Williams, Larry Coleman, Rena Coleman.

Paul Raymond Pearson, Arthur, Pearson & Martin, Limited, Falls Church, VA, Ladonna Lynette Griffith-Lesesne, Charles J. Willoughby, Howard University, Washington, DC, for Howard University, Lawrence Dawson.

Paul Raymond Pearson, Arthur, Pearson & Martin, Limited, Falls Church, VA, Ladonna Lynette Griffith-Lesesne, Howard University, Washington, DC, for Vincent Johns, Howard University, Lawrence Dawson.

Paul Raymond Pearson, Arthur, Pearson & Martin, Limited, Falls Church, VA, for Wells Fargo Guard Services.

John Charles Cook, Silver Spring, MD, Paul Raymond Pearson, Arthur, Pearson & Martin, Limited, Falls Church, VA, for Polinger, Shannon & Luchs, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

This Court joins the many other courts that have enforced what might be called "the Three Musketeers Rule" under the federal removal statutes. Under this rule, multiple defendants must unambiguously and independently show that in seeking to remove a case from state court to federal court they are "all for one, one for all."1 Because only two of the three defendants...

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