Salzstein v. Bekins Van Lines, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

Richard and Candice Salzstein (collectively “Salzsteins”) have just filed suit against a number of common carriers engaged in the shipment of goods by motor vehicle — five named defendants 1 and an unnamed John Doe, as to which Complaint ¶ 8 says this:

At all relevant times, John Doe, was a corporation and/or partnership doing business as a common carrier in the State of Illinois.

Based on its initial examination of the Complaint, 2 this Court issues this sua sponte opinion to require the curing of some of Salzsteins’ mistaken jurisdictional…