Hess v. Reynolds
| Hess v. Reynolds | |
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 L. Ed. 927 | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Miller, joined by Waite, Field, Bradley, Harlan, Woods, Matthews, Blatchford |
| Dissent | Gray |
Hess v. Reynolds, 113 U.S. 73 (1885), was a Supreme Court case determining whether a
Background
The plaintiff, a citizen of
It was argued that the case could not be moved to federal court since the original state court had already issued its decision. It was also argued that the cause should have been moved to the circuit court for the Western District of Michigan, where the case was originally filed in Ionia County instead of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |Eastern District]] where the case was currently pending in Jackson County.
Decision
The ruling determined that since one of the parties was from a different state, that there was federal jurisdiction to hear the dispute.
The high court also found that the language of the removal statute is that suits shall be removed into the circuit court of the district where such suits are pending. Undoubtedly this means where they are pending at the time of removal. This suit was not then pending in the Western District of Michigan but in the county of Jackson, which is in the Eastern District of that state. The court’s opinion was that the case was properly removed from the circuit court of Jackson county into the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan and that that court erred in remanding it.
The judgment was reversed, with instructions to proceed in the case in federal court in the Eastern District according to law.
See also
References
External links
- Text of Hess v. Reynolds, 113 U.S. 73 (1885) is available from: Justia Library of Congress