Legal Opinion
Automotive Finance Corp. v. Automax of Northern Illinois, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 1, 2002No. 02 C 2304PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, Senior District Judge.
Automotive Finance Corporation (“Automotive”) has just filed its Complaint for Monetary Damages and Other Relief against Automax of Northern Illinois, Inc. (“Automax”), Jack Meade (“Meade”) and John Does 1 through 10 (“Doe Defendants”), purporting to invoke federal subject matter jurisdiction on diversity of citizenship grounds under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. 1 Because such jurisdiction plainly (and indeed concededly) does not exist on the face of Automotive’s Complaint, this Court sua sponte dismisses both the Complaint and this action on…
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