Harriet M. Gould, an Unremarried Widow v. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, a Foreign Corporation

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1986-05-28

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EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: At issue are the competing concerns of the finality of judgments and the limited subject matter jurisdiction of federal courts. Mrs. Gould asks this court to reconsider its previous determination of subject matter jurisdiction. She contends that removal was improper and the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction. Her contentions fail b…

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