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Jurisdiction

By: Derek Hawkins//August 1, 2017//

Jurisdiction

By: Derek Hawkins//August 1, 2017//

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Saskatchewan Mutual Insurance Co., v. CE Design, LTD.

Case No.: 15-3332

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and MANION and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Jurisdiction

Saskatchewan Mutual Insurance (SMI) is trying to enforce a Canadian judgment against CE Design in federal court. That judgment resulted from CE Design’s un‐ successful effort to enforce an earlier Illinois judgment against SMI in Saskatchewan. The question before us is whether the federal courts—the third set of tribunals that have played host to this decade‐long legal battle—have jurisdiction over the latest round. We conclude that the answer is no—an outcome that is especially appropriate given the comity concerns that pervade this litigation.

Neither CAFA nor conventional diversity jurisdiction empowers us to hear this matter, and so we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court dismissing this case for lack of subject‐ matter jurisdiction.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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