Legal Opinion
Roofing & Sheet Metal Services, Inc. v. La Quinta Motor Inns, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 21, 1982No. 81-7639PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This is a suit for breach of contract. Federal subject matter jurisdiction derives from the parties’ diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1). The plaintiff, Roofing & Sheet Metal Services, Inc. (Roofing), appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, granting summary judgment for the defendant, LaQuinta Motor Inns, Inc. (LaQuinta). Roofing also challenges an earlier order transferring the case to that court from the Western District of Arkansas, the forum in which it initially sued. To the extent Roofing asks us…
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