PHILADELPHIA (November 1, 2024) — Less than six hours after America PAC and Elon Musk’s legal team explained in writing their argument for moving the Philadelphia District Attorney’s case in state court (to stop the PAC’s and Musk’s lottery) to federal court, a federal judge rejected their argument and sent the case back to state court for a hearing. This ruling is consistent with the argument of the District Attorney that America PAC’s and Mr. Musk’s eleventh hour effort to take the case away from state court in Philadelphia was contrary to law.
John Summers, Esq., lead counsel for the Commonwealth in this matter stated: “DA Krasner filed this state law case in state court, which has jurisdiction to enter an injunction to stop the defendants’ lottery and the defendants’ unfair and deceptive practices. Late the night before the hearing was ordered to proceed in state court, defendants filed papers to remove the case to federal court. Hours later, we filed an emergency motion to have the case remanded back to state court so that the state court could orderly proceed with a hearing. Moments ago, the federal court granted the emergency motion to remand, sending the case back to state court. We await the state court’s scheduling of the hearing.”
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Dustin Slaughter, [email protected]
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