Companies Say Transcript, Not Deposition, Starts ‘Other Paper’ Removal Clock

(October 3, 2017, 10:21 AM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — The federal officer removal statute’s plain language unambiguously supports a conclusion that receipt of a deposition transcript, and not the deposition itself, triggers the time period for removing an asbestos case, two companies told a federal appellate court in Sept. 6 and Sept. 11 briefs (Curtis D. Morgan v. Dow Chemical Co., et al., No. 17-30523, 5th Cir.)....