Legal Opinion
Gregory Heinen v. Northrop Grumman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 7, 2012No. 10-3408PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
While living in California, Gregory Heinen agreed to take a job with Northrop Grumman in Illinois. He contends in this suit that Northrop failed to pay the relocation benefits it promised.
The suit was filed in a state court and removed by Northrop under the diversity jurisdiction. Northrop is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in California. The notice of removal asserted that Heinen was a “resident” of Massachusetts and therefore a “citizen” of that state. The jurisdictional section of Northrop’s brief contains the same assertion. But…
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