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noting that the district judge had not considered the argument that the "saving to suitors" clause bars removal of general maritime actions, in the absence of an independent ground for the court's original jurisdiction, where the plaintiff requested a jury trial in state court
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-99-SDD-RLB
10-02-2014
RULING
The Court, after carefully considering the Petition , the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. dated September 11, 2014, to which no objection has been filed, hereby approves the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.
Rec. Doc. 1-1.
Rec. Doc. 16.
ACCORDINGLY, the Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand is denied.
Rec. Doc. 12.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana the 2 day of October, 2014.
/s/_________
SHELLY D. DICK, DISTRICT JUDGE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA