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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Fraud

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: VOLKSWAGEN “CLEAN DIESEL” 

MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND 

PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

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This Order Relates To:

Dkt. No. 8

Anchor Marine Envtl. Servs., Inc. v. Porsche

Cars N. Am., Inc., No. 3:18-cv-2369-CRB

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MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

REMAND

Plaintiffs in the above-captioned case are a corporation and individuals who purchased 

Porsche TDI diesel-engine cars. They filed their case in Georgia state court and named as 

defendants Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (“PCNA”), Porsche AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen 

AG. PCNA removed their case to federal court based on federal-question jurisdiction. Now 

pending is Plaintiffs’ motion to remand their case to state court.

Plaintiffs’ complaint is materially the same as complaints that the Court examined in a 

recent Order in which it held that it lacked federal-question jurisdiction. (See MDL Dkt. No. 

5977, as amended by MDL Dkt. No. 5994.) The Court adopts the same reasoning here; it does not 

have federal-question jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ case. Because federal subject-matter jurisdiction 

is lacking, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion to remand. The Clerk of the Court shall remand 

the above-captioned case to the state court where it was filed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 19, 2019

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

Case 3:18-cv-02369-CRB Document 13 Filed 04/19/19 Page 1 of 1