Things Remembered, Inc. v. Anthony a. Petrarca

Decided December 5, 1995. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-1530 · 516 U.S. 124 (1995) · Cited 682 times

Holding

If an order remands a removed bankruptcy case to state court because of a timely raised defect in removal procedure or lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, a court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to review the order under 1447(d).

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill · 484 U.S. 343 (1988)
• Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer · 423 U.S. 336 (1976)
• United States v. Rice · 327 U.S. 742 (1946)
• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · 481 U.S. 41 (1987)
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · 503 U.S. 249 (1992)
• United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · 484 U.S. 365 (1988)
• Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan · 111 U.S. 379 (1884)
• Deal v. United States · 508 U.S. 129 (1993)
• John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank · 510 U.S. 86 (1993)
• Gravitt v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. · 430 U.S. 723 (1977)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Osborn v. Haley · 549 U.S. 225 (2007)
• Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc. · 551 U.S. 224 (2007)
• Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust · 547 U.S. 633 (2006)
• Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc. · 556 U.S. 635 (2009)
• Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance · 517 U.S. 706 (1996)
• BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore · 593 U.S. 230 (2021)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1995). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).