Anchor Marine Environmental Services, Inc. et al v. Porsche Cars North America, Inc. et al

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Order by Judge Charles R. Breyer granting 8 Motion to Remand. (crblc4, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/19/2019)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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IN RE: VOLKSWAGEN “CLEAN DIESEL”
MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND
PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION
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MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
REMAND

This Order Relates To:
Dkt. No. 8
Anchor Marine Envtl. Servs., Inc. v. Porsche
Cars N. Am., Inc., No. 3:18-cv-2369-CRB
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Plaintiffs in the above-captioned case are a corporation and individuals who purchased

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Porsche TDI diesel-engine cars. They filed their case in Georgia state court and named as

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defendants Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (“PCNA”), Porsche AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen

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AG. PCNA removed their case to federal court based on federal-question jurisdiction. Now

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pending is Plaintiffs’ motion to remand their case to state court.

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Plaintiffs’ complaint is materially the same as complaints that the Court examined in a

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recent Order in which it held that it lacked federal-question jurisdiction. (See MDL Dkt. No.

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5977, as amended by MDL Dkt. No. 5994.) The Court adopts the same reasoning here; it does not

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have federal-question jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ case. Because federal subject-matter jurisdiction

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is lacking, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion to remand. The Clerk of the Court shall remand

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the above-captioned case to the state court where it was filed.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 19, 2019

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CHARLES R. BREYER
United States District Judge