CITY OF VESTAVIA HILLS v. GENERAL FIDELITY INS.

No. 11-13091.

676 F.3d 1310 (2012)

CITY OF VESTAVIA HILLS, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant, v. GENERAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Bentley Owens, III , Philip Guy Piggott , Benjamin T. Presley , Starnes, Davis, Florie, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen N. Fitts, III , James Stanley Witcher, III , Hand Arendall, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BARKETT and HULL, Circuit Judges, and HUNT, District Judge.


HUNT, District Judge:

Plaintiff/Appellant, the City of Vestavia Hills, Alabama ("Vestavia Hills") appeals the district court's denial of its motion to remand the matter back to state court. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), and, having concluded that the district court properly denied Vestavia Hills's motion to remand, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND AND VESTAVIA HILLS'S ARGUMENTS

Vestavia Hills won a judgment in state court against Cameron...

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