Legal Opinion
Doe v. Hartz
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided May 5, 1999No. C98-4084-MWBPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS
BENNETT, District Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION.1035
A. Synopsis.1035
B. The Claims.1036
C. Procedural Background.1038
II. LEGAL ANALYSIS.1038
A. Procedural Bars.1038
1. Lack of diversity jurisdiction.1038
a. Rules of diversity jurisdiction.1039
b. Diversity here.1039
2. Timeliness of Doe’s claims.1040
a. Iowa’s “savings” statute.1041
b. Applicability of the statute .1041
i. Negligence.1041
ii. Other prerequisites.1043
iii. The same cause of action.1044
3. Failure to sue in plaintiff’s proper name.1044
a. Pertinent factors.1045
b.…
2Cases cited142 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Neitzke v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hishon v. King & SpaldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Burlington Industries, Inc. v. EllerthSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Doe v. Del RioDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006
- Doe v. LiberatoreDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2007
- N.H. v. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1999
- Doe No. 2 v. KolkoDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2006
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson v. MorrisonMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
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