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SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION v. HENSON, HURLEY (27553)

    Order dated: 02/19/02
    Docket number: 01-757
    Action:
        The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.

SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION v. HENSON, HURLEY (27553)

    Order dated: 06/28/02
    Docket number: 01-757
    Action:
        The motion of Texas for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is denied.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. 1651(a), vests federal district courts with authority to exercise removal jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.1441 over lawsuits brought in state court when the state court suit threatens the integrity of the federal court's rulings in ongoing complex litigation.

An opinion has been handed down: