Legal Opinion
Jackson National Life Insurance v. Greycliff Partners, Ltd.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 9, 1997No. Civil Action 96-C-0476PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, District Judge.
The magistrate judge issued an order granting Jackson National Life Insurance Company’s motion to remand this case to state court. The court shall set aside that order because it is contrary to law. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(a). 1 In the court’s view, diversity jurisdiction exists as a matter of law.
Neither party has explained the rather complicated facts necessary to decide this motion; instead, each jumps up and down on a different, definitional pogostick. Jackson National Life Insurance Company (“JNL”) never gets past calling itself a representative…
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