Legal Opinion
Bracken v. Matgouranis
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 15, 2002No. 01-3800, 01-3801PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents an esoteric question of federal jurisdiction considered by the United States Supreme Court nearly a century ago in Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley, 211 U.S. 149, 29 S.Ct. 42, 53 L.Ed. 126 (1908), and rarely reviewed since. The issue is whether the plaintiffs in a state-suit for defamation confer subject-matter jurisdiction on a federal court by raising a first amendment issue in response to an anticipatory defense.
The plaintiffs, Cheryl Ann Bracken and her attorney, H. David Rothman, brought suit in the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,…
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