Legal Opinion
Adden v. Middlebrooks
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 15, 1982No. 79-1810PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his suit seeking damages for the wrongful death of Kerry K. Adden. We address two principal issues on appeal. The first is whether the real defendant of this suit is the State of Louisiana. If it is, the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the controversy and, further, the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution barred the suit. The second issue is whether the district court had personal jurisdiction over the defendants.
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