Diverse Citizenship Claim is ‘Conclusory’ 
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Published: January 10, 2012
Tags: Civil Procedure, Judge Pamela Meade Sargent, U.S. District Court - Western District
A magistrate judge for the Abingdon U.S. District Court recommends remand to state court of this suit by plaintiff descendants and heirs of Richard Deakins, who claim they own the coal and coalbed methane rights to certain parcels totaling 392 acres in Buchanan County; defendants’ assertion that the 75 plaintiffs are citizens of states other ...
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