Legal Opinion
Roberts & Schaefer Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Merit Contracting, Incorporated, a Pennsylvania Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 1996No. 95-3573PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Roberts & Schaefer Company (“R & S”) sued defendant-appellee Merit Contracting, Inc. (“Merit”) in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, claiming that Merit had breached its construction subcontract with R & S. Merit removed the ease to federal district court on the basis of diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441. Merit then filed a motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, to transfer the case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania or stay the proceedings pending resolution of a case between the…
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