Mealey's (March 2, 2023, 2:04 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Binding Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals precedent establishes that the residency of a defendant granted a contested summary judgment remains valid for removal purposes, a federal judge in California said March 1 in declining an invitation from an asbestos defendant to deviate from the holding, granting remand and partly granting the plaintiffs’ motion for fees and costs....