Legal Opinion
Fuller v. Exxon Corp.
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided January 12, 2001No. Civil Action 99-0774-RV-SPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
VOLLMER, Senior District Judge.
This matter comes before the court on the question of whether the court properly concluded that it had subject matter jurisdiction over this case at the time of removal. The court has raised this issue sua sponte because the Eleventh Circuit has emphasized that a “federal court not only has the power but also the obligation at any time to inquire into jurisdiction whenever the possibility that jurisdiction does not exist arises.” Fitzgerald v. Seaboard System R.R., Inc., 760 F.2d 1249, 1251 (11th Cir.1985).
I. BACKGROUND
The plaintiffs…
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- Bender v. Williamsport Area School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- University of South Alabama v. American Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
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