U.S. Supreme Court,
Law Practice,
Civil Litigation
Feb. 27, 2020
Gone but not forgotten
State courts shouldn’t ask counsel to appear to report on removed cases
Steven B. Katz
Partner
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP
1800 Century Park E Fl 6
Los Angeles , CA 90067
Phone: (310) 597-4553
Email: skatz@constangy.com
USC Law School
Steven B. Katz is a partner and co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP. He represents employers in class, collective and representative actions, and appeals.
Every litigator who has been around the block at least once has run into a "Status Conference Re: Removal" or something similar -- a case management conference where the superior court inquires whether a case removed to federal court remains removed. Some courts just require a report, but others an appearance of counsel. (And CourtCall isn't necessarily any help -- one colleague sat on the phone for three hours to give a 15-second report that there was no remand.) Mon...
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