6th Circuit Says It Lacks Jurisdiction Over City’s Opioid MDL Remand Motion

(February 19, 2019, 10:20 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 13 said it lacks jurisdiction over the city of Jacksonville’s attempt to remand its opioid lawsuit to Florida state court because the opioid multidistrict litigation court’s moratorium on remand motions is not an injunction that is appealable (In Re:  National Prescription Opiate Litigation [City of Jacksonville, Fla. v. Purdue Pharma, et al.], No. 18-4054, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 4460)....

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