Legal Opinion

Middleton Ex Rel. National Financial Systems Management, Inc. v. Stephenson

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided April 24, 2014No. 12-4183PublishedCited by 322 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

Brent Middleton and others — all Utah citizens — brought several federal-law claims against J. Hoyt Stephenson in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Stephenson fought back with state-law counterclaims and a third-party complaint asserting state-law claims against multiple third-party defendants— also all Utah citizens. But the district court dismissed those counterclaims and third-party claims, concluding that it lacked diversity jurisdiction to hear them because Stephenson also was from Utah. We must decide whether the district court committed…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Lincoln Property Co. v. RocheSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  2. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Mitchell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  4. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Teddy Ray DyerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
  5. Elliott Industries Ltd. Partnership v. BP America Production Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005

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3Cited by322 opinions

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