Morrison Waite,
Hancock v. Holbrook (119 U.S. 586…
“ A suit cannot be removed from a state court to a circuit court of the United States under subsection 3 of section 639 of the Revised Statutes on the ground of 'prejudice or local influence,' unless all the plaintiffs or all the defendants are citizens of the state in which the suit was brought, and of a state other than that of which those petitioning for the removal are citizens. ”
