Blount v. The Coe Manufacturing Company, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION JESSIE L. BLOUNT, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CIVIL ACTION 20-0182-WS-N ) THE COE MANUFACTURING CO., ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER This action was recently removed to federal court on the basis of diversity of citizenship. “Courts have an independent obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists, even when no party challenges it.” Hertz Corp. v. Friend,

559 U.S. 77, 94

(2010). Because, “once a federal court determines that it is without subject matter jurisdiction, the court is powerless to…