...generally. "(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by Act of Congress, any civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts of the...original jurisdiction, may be removed by the defendant or the defendants, to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing...

...a State court against any one of the following persons may be removed by them to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place wherein it is pending: "(1) Any officer of the United States or any agency thereof, or person acting...

...7, 1975— Decided January 20, 1976 Title 28 USC § 1441 (a) provides that "any civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts of the...original jurisdiction" may be removed by the defendant to the federal district court, and § 1446 provides the removal procedure. Section 1447 (c) provides...

...Courts are given original jurisdiction and which may be pending or may be brought in any state court, may be removed by the defendant or defendants to the District Court of the proper district. Any other suit of a civil nature, at law or in equity, may likewise be removed if...

...suit is one of a civil nature at common law (see Simkins, Federal Equity Suit, 2d ed. pp. 848, 849), of which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction. (Here state briefly nature of the suit, showing the fact. See Simkins, Federal Equity Suit, 2d eu....

...suits between citizens of different States. Any other suit of a civil nature, at law or in equity, of which the District Courts of the United States have original jurisdiction under the Judicial Code, namely, in which there is a controversy between citizens of different States...

...cases made and provided. 2d. That the suit is one of a civil nature at common law (see chapter 140), of which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction. (Here state briefly nature of the suit, showing the fact.) 3rd. That the matter in dispute exceeds...

...the constitution or laws of the United States or treaties made, of which the federal courts are given original jurisdiction, may be removed by the defendant or defendants to the United States circuit court.77 This provision means that any action brought in a state court involving...

...generally. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by Act of Congress, any civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts of the...original Jurisdiction, may be removed by the defendant or the defendants, to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing...

...defendants may, at any time before the trial thereof, remove such action or proceeding to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where the action or proceeding is pending. The procedure for removal of causes otherwise provided by law...