By Brittany Wakim ( April 14, 2020, 5:35 PM EDT) -- On April 7, in Texas Brine Co. LLC v. American Arbitration Association Inc.,[1] the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit joined the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits in adopting the plain-meaning approach to the removal statute, holding that the forum-defendant rule does not prohibit a defendant from removing a case from state court to federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction before the plaintiff formally serves the forum-state defendant....
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