Legal Opinion

Bacon v. Southwest Airlines Co.

District Court, N.D. Texas

Decided February 4, 1998No. 3:97-cv-02211PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FITZWATER, District Judge.

In this lawsuit that arises from a ski vacation that has spawned claims against several defendants, the court holds that it lacks diversity jurisdiction and that plaintiffs have failed to state a federal question claim on which relief can be granted. Because the court has in part raised the dismissal issue on its own initiative, the court grants plaintiffs 30 days to amend their complaint, if they can do so, to establish diversity jurisdiction or to state a federal-law claim. Otherwise, the court will dismiss their federal-law claims with…

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  4. Reed L. Guthrie v. Tifco IndustriesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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