Wilmington Trust, Nat'l Ass'n v. Estate of McClendon

Sweet, D.J.

This action arises out of a personal guaranty (the "Guaranty") that was executed by the late Aubrey K. McClendon ("McClendon") to secure a $465 million loan made to certain companies McClendon controlled. The issues presented raise the always delicate and thorny issue of jurisdiction between the federal and state courts.

Thomas J. Blalock, the Personal Representative of the Estate of Aubrey K. McClendon ("Blalock" or the "Personal *357Representative") has moved pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) to dismiss the Complaint filed by Plaintiff Wilmington…