proceedings are not judicial in nature and thus fall outside the scope of the removal statute. Chicago, Rock Island & Pac. R.R. Co. v. Stude, 346 U.S. 574, 578-79, 74 S.Ct. 290, 98 L.Ed. 317 (1954) (stating that when the jurisdiction of the state district court is invoked, an eminent domain action becomes civil in nature); Boom Co. v. Patterson, 98 U.S. 403, 406-07, 25 L.Ed. 206 (1879) (stating that the task of commissioners appointed to appraise the value of condemned land was “not a suit at law in the ordinary sense of those terms”); City of Thibodaux v. La. Power & Light Co., 255 F.2d 774, 776 (5th Cir.1958) (stating that state condemnation proceedings may not be removable civil actions at all stages); Village of Walthill v. Iowa Elec. Light & Power Co., 228 F.2d 647 (8th Cir.1956) (<HOLDING>). Appealing as the logic of those cases may be
holding that an attorneys fees award is not appealable until the amount of the award is set holding a judgment of a district court does not become final by appeal within the meaning of the statute providing for registration of such judgments in another district until the case has been disposed of by appeal holding that a defendant that invokes the jurisdiction of a court as a plaintiff waives its personal jurisdiction defense in all actions related to the claim for which it invoked the courts jurisdiction holding that a case is not removable until the state district courts jurisdiction is invoked by the appeal of the condemnation award holding that the record supported the district courts award of damages