Legal Opinion
Harriet M. Gould, an Unremarried Widow v. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, a Foreign Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 28, 1986No. 85-3833, 85-4163PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
At issue are the competing concerns of the finality of judgments and the limited subject matter jurisdiction of federal courts. Mrs. Gould asks this court to reconsider its previous determination of subject matter jurisdiction. She contends that removal was improper and the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction. Her contentions fail because of the procedural posture of the case: the district court has entered final judgment against her; and the issues, including subject matter jurisdiction, have been litigated all the way to the Supreme Court. She…
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