Legal Opinion
Anwar v. Etsy Inc
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided November 21, 2022No. 2:22-cv-01255Unknown
1Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9 10 FATEN ANWAR, CASE NO. 22-CV-01255-LK 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PENDING 12 v. MOTIONS AND DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO SHOW CAUSE 13 ETSY INC., 14 Defendant. 15 16 This matter comes before the Court sua sponte. District courts “have an independent 17 obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists[.]” Arbaugh v. Y&H Corp., 546 18 U.S. 500, 514 (2006). This determination is an “inflexible” threshold requirement that must be 19 made “without exception, for jurisdiction is power to declare…
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- Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2005
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