Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. Roberto
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided March 24, 1988No. K84-559, K85-101PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ENSLEN, District Judge.
This case is before the Court on defendant Jackie Presser’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction. Jurisdiction in this matter is based upon 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b) which provides that “the district courts shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction of all civil proceedings arising under title 11, or arising in or related to causes under title 11.” Presser argues that, because this case involves neither the debtor nor the bankruptcy estate, the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to hear this case. Plaintiff argues that the case “arose…
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