Legal Opinion
Sam Giardono v. George M. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 1, 1989No. 87-3112PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYRON L. GORDON, Senior District Judge.
This appeal requires the court to explore certain boundaries of the subject matter jurisdiction granted to the federal district courts by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. The specific issues to be resolved are: (1) whether the district court erred in dismissing the appellant’s counterclaims; and (2) whether the district court abused its discretion in denying attorney’s fees to the appellant. We hold that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the appellant’s counterclaim under ERISA, and…
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