Legal Opinion
Gerald L. Bowe v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., Formerly Doing Business as Republic Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1992No. 91-3066PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Gerald L. Bowe appeals the district court’s order dismissing his disability benefits action against Northwest Airlines, Inc. for failing to establish subject matter jurisdiction on the face of his complaint. We affirm.
To establish subject matter jurisdiction, Bowe must sufficiently allege its basis in his complaint. Lawrence v. Dunbar, 919 F.2d 1525, 1528-29 (11th Cir.1990); Haley v. Childers, 314 F.2d 610, 613 (8th Cir.1963). When considering a facial attack on a complaint’s alleged jurisdictional basis, we take the complaint’s factual allegations as true. Lawrence, 919…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- R. Paul Beard and Scarlett Beard v. Carrollton Railroad and Csx Transportation, Inc., (88-5910) the Travelers and the Travelers Companies, (88-6280)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
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