In the case of Medical Associates of Erie v. Zaycowsky, No. 22-1402 (3d. Cir. Aug. 9, 2023 Hardiman, J., Porter, J., and Fisher, J.), the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit concluded that federal district courts lacked the authority to award attorney’s fees under 28 U.S.C. §1447(c) when a case has been properly removed from state court but subsequently remanded based upon a forum selection clause.
The Third Circuit noted that §1447(c) instead only allows for an award of attorney fees in cases involving a remand where the removal to federal court failed to meet the statutory requirements, or where the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the removed case.
In other words, the authority of a district court to offer a remedy for alleged abuses of the removal procedure is limited.
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Source: Article: “3rd Cir. Clarifies When District Courts Can Award Attorney Fees on Remand” By Riley Brennan of the Pennsylvania Law Weekly (Aug. 11, 2023).
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