Justice Clarence Thomas authored the opinion of a unanimous Court, which affirmed the Sixth Circuit's decision.

§ 1447(d),[3] Congress provided that orders remanding civil cases to state court are not reviewable on appeal.

Although the Court's decision in Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer created an exception to this rule where the remand order was based on a ground not recognized by the removal statute, the exception did not apply here.

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote a short concurring opinion, joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, observing that the precise limits of the rule created in Thermtron were not before the Court in this case.

Justice Ginsburg wrote a separate concurring opinion, joined by Justice John Paul Stevens, suggesting that the phrase "on any equitable ground" should be read to mean simply any ground for remand that the Bankruptcy Court or District Court believed was fair.