John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Central National Bank in Chicago

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

This mortgage foreclosure action has been filed here on claimed diversity of citizenship grounds under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1). But responsive to the requirements of Illinois law for a binding foreclosure decree, 1 plaintiff has named “unknown owners and non-record claimants” as parties defendant, contemplating notice to them by publication in accordance with statute. 2 That joinder of “unknown owners and non-record claimants” poses subject matter jurisdictional problems this Court must raise and deal with sua sponte.

Defendants whose precise…