Legal Opinion
Martin Sales & Processing, Inc. v. West Virginia Department of Energy
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided March 16, 1993No. Civ.A. 3:92-0668PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HADEN, Chief Judge.
Pending are Defendants' motion to dismiss and Plaintiffs motion for leave to amend the complaint. Defendants allege this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this dispute because the citizenship of the parties is not diverse within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1) and because of the bar of the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. For reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss and DENIES the motion for leave to amend the complaint.
In this action Plaintiff, a Kentucky corporation, alleges the West…
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