Court Opinion

ID: 9423659
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:08:40.093299+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:08.984023
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Mr. Justice Stewart,
with whom Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice Brennan join,
concurring.
I agree that the case before us was removable to the Federal District Court under 28 U. S. C. § 1441.
The District Judge not only denied a motion to remand the case to the state court but also dissolved the state court injunction, and it is only by virtue of the latter order that an appeal was possible at this stage of the litigation. American Dredging Co. v. Local 25, 338 F. 2d 837, 838, n. 2.
As the Court says, it is not clear whether or not the District Judge dissolved the injunction “because [he] felt that action was required by Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson, 370 U. S. 195,” ante, at 561, n. 4. Accordingly, the Court expressly reserves decision on the effect of Sinclair in the circumstances presented by this case. The Court will, no doubt, have an opportunity to reconsider the scope and continuing validity of Sinclair upon an appropriate future occasion.