State court pause during appeal
City of Brunswick v. Honeywell International
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- The City of Brunswick asked whether Honeywell International and Georgia Power’s appeal of a federal court order sending the case back to state court automatically stopped the state case from proceeding.
- Who it affects
- Brunswick’s request for Supreme Court review is over, but the denial did not decide whether the state-court case automatically pauses during the companies’ appeal.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide that question.
The dispute concerns whether an appeal from a federal court order returning Brunswick’s case to state court automatically stops that state case.
Question presented
Whether an appeal from a remand order under 28 U.S.C. §1447(d) triggers an automatic stay, barring the state court from proceeding with the case?
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