Legal Opinion
LM Ins. Corp. v. Spaulding Enterprises Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 8, 2008No. 07-2606PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff LM Insurance Corporation (“LM”) brought an eight count suit against eight defendants in the Northern District of Illinois under that court’s federal diversity jurisdiction. The suit centered around an outstanding judgment of $185,776 Defendant Spaulding Enterprises Incorporated (“Spaulding Enterprises”) owed LM from a prior lawsuit, and Spaulding Enterprises’s alleged efforts to shift its assets to various sham corporations to avoid paying this debt. All defendants challenged federal jurisdiction, claiming that the amount in controversy requirement of $75,000…
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