Legal Opinion
U.S.I. Properties Corp. v. M.D. Construction Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 6, 2000No. 99-1933PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This case presents a difficult question of the limits on the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts. At issue is whether a state, not ever subject to diversity jurisdiction, may be subjected to the ancillary enforcement jurisdiction of the federal courts on a theory that the judgment debtor in an action originally based on diversity is the alter ego of the state. We conclude that the state cannot be so subjected to federal court subject matter jurisdiction unless there is an independent basis for such jurisdiction.
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