28 U.S.C. § 1452

Removal of claims related to bankruptcy cases

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(a) A party may remove any claim or cause of action in a civil action other than a proceeding before the United States Tax Court or a civil action by a governmental unit to enforce such governmental unit’s police or regulatory power, to the district court for the district where such civil action is pending, if such district court has jurisdiction of such claim or cause of action under section 1334 of this title.(b) The court to which such claim or cause of action is removed may remand such claim or cause of action on any equitable ground. An order entered under this subsection remanding a claim or cause of action, or a decision to not remand, is not reviewable by appeal or otherwise by the court of appeals under section 158(d), 1291, or 1292 of this title or by the Supreme Court of the United States under section 1254 of this title.(Added Pub. L. 98–353, title I, § 103(a), July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 335; amended Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 309(c), Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5113.)Editorial NotesAmendments

1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–650 inserted before period at end “by the court of appeals under section 158(d), 1291, or 1292 of this title or by the Supreme Court of the United States under section 1254 of this title”.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

Section effective July 10, 1984, see section 122(a) of Pub. L. 98–353, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1,546 cases (314 in the last 5 years), 1984–2026 · leading case: California Public Employees' Retirement System v. WorldCom, Inc.
California Public Employees' Retirement System v. WorldCom, Inc. (2004) ca2 · cites it 14× “This is a close question, as it involves a direct conflict between two unambiguous statutes — Section 22(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, 2 which bars removal of individual Securities Act claims, and 28 U.S.C. § 1452 (a), 3 which permits removal of claims that are “related to”…”
In re: Malcolm Curtis and Judith Curtis (2017) bap9 · cites it 19× “*443 This appeal presents the question whether 28 U.S.C. § 1452 authorizes removal of a case from a federal district court to a bankruptcy court.”
Miles v. Okun (2005) ca9 · cites it 14× “16186 IN RE: MILES bankruptcy court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1452 (a). They then filed motions to dismiss the removed complaints, contending that federal law preempted all of the state law causes of action pleaded in the complaints.”
Mitchell v. Fukuoka Daiei Hawks Baseball Club (In Re Mitchell) (1997) cacb · cites it 44× “OPINION (1) REMANDING REMOVED ACTION BACK TO DISTRICT COURT ON THE GROUND THAT REMOVAL WAS IMPROPER PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1452 (a), AND ON THE ALTERNATIVE GROUND THAT IF REMOVAL WAS PROPER PURSUANT TO 28 U.”
Geruschat v. Ernst Young LLP (In Re Seven Fields Development Corp.) (2007) ca3 · cites it 9× “On November 5, 2004, Ernst & Young filed a notice of removal of the Butler County case with the clerk of the bankruptcy court, removing the case to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania under Rule 9027(a) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy…”
George P. Stoe v. William E. Flaherty David Carpenter James Carpenter William Smelas Robert Sunderman Ronald Statile (2006) ca3 · cites it 7× “The defendants removed the case to federal court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1452 , which provides for the removal of claims related to a bankruptcy case.”
Landry v. Exxon Pipeline Co. (2001) lamb · cites it 14× “On August 9, 1999, Shell and Exxon, joined by Panaco and the Insurers, 7 again removed the lawsuit to the District Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1452 . The Defendants again premised jurisdiction for this removal on 28 U.”
County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp. (2022) ca9 · cites it 4× “The panel rejected the energy companies’ argument that the district court had removal jurisdiction over the complaints under 28 U.S.C. § 1452 (a) because they were related to bankruptcy cases involving Peabody Energy Corp.”
Bavelis v. Doukas (In Re Bavelis) (2011) ohsb · cites it 12× “28 The Quick Capital Lawsuit was removed by the Debtor before the Petition Date and accordingly was not removed pursuant to the bankruptcy-removal statute of 28 U.S.C. § 1452 (a). 29 Rather, the *879 Quick Capital Lawsuit was removed pursuant to 28 U.”
New York City Employees' Retirement System v. Ebbers (In Re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation) (2003) nysd · cites it 5× “” In addition to staying litigation, the bankruptcy statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1452 (“Section 1452”), provides for the removal from state court to federal court of actions “related to” a bankruptcy.”
Koken v. Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. (In Re Reliance Group Holdings, Inc.) (2002) paeb · cites it 9× “The Emergency Petition was removed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1452 and was docketed as adversary number 01-559.”
In Re Nat. Century Fin. Enterpr., Inc., Inv. Lit. (2004) ohsd · cites it 10× “Certain defendants removed the cases to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1452 (a), alleging that the cases are "related to" the bankruptcy of National Century Financial Enterprises, Inc.”
— 28 U.S.C. § 1452(a) — 6 cases
In Re Boyer (1988) nynb
— 28 U.S.C. § 1452(b) — 7 cases
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