Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. v. City of Sarasota
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 20, 2017No. 16-15848PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JORDAN, Circuit Judge:
Federal subject-matter jurisdiction over this removed case depends on whether Michael Jackson, a state law enforcement officer, created, submitted, and/or maintained certain records sought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida in his capacity as a deputized federal officer. The ACLU twice asked for jurisdic--tional discovery on Mr. Jackson’s status, but both requests were denied. The district court instead issued its own interrogatories to Mr. Jackson.
Because the jurisdictional facts in this case are genuinely in dispute and there was no undue delay by the…
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- Ex Parte McCardleSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
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