adopting the “first-served rule” and others following the “last-served rule.” When applied, these rules produce very different results. The genesis of the “first-served rule” was Getty Oil Corp. v. Insurance Co. of North America, 841 F.2d 1254 (5th Cir.1988). In Getty, the Fifth Circuit reasoned that the thirty-day removal period begins to run when the first defendant is served, even though the statute itself is silent regarding multiple defendants. Getty concluded: In eases involving multiple defendants, the thirty-day period begins to run as soon as the first defendant is served.... It follows that since all served defendants must join in the petition, and since the petition must be submitted within thirty days of service on the first defendant, all served defendants must r.1986) (<HOLDING>). Other circuits have rejected the
recognizing that while defendants may freely amend their notice of removal within thirty days of service they may not add new grounds for removal after the thirty day period has expired holding that the defendants motion to amend their notice of removal was proper due to plaintiffs waived objections to the sufficiency of the notice of removal by failing to seek remand within thirty days of removal holding that the laterserved defendants  had thirty days from the date of service on them to file a notice of removal with the unanimous consent of their codefendants even though the firstserved codefendants did not file a notice of removal within thirty days of service holding that the absence in the notice of removal of copies of the summonses served on the defendants uncorrected until after the thirty 30 day removal period had expired violates 28 usc  1446a and bars removal recognizing that exceptional circumstances might permit removal when a laterjoined defendant petitions for removal more than thirty days after the firstserved defendant is served