Hawke v. U.S. Centrifuge Systems, LLC

On Applications for Rehearing

BRYAN, Justice.

U.S. Innovation Group, Inc., Scott Beh-rens, Jack Dombroski, Mike Evans, and John Emmert (collectively “the USIG defendants”) have petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Madison Circuit Court (“the circuit court”) to dismiss the claims filed against them in separate actions by Judy A. Hawke and Carolyn Grimes. The USIG defendants argue that because the claims arose on Redstone Arsenal, which is a federal enclave1 subject to exclusive federal jurisdiction, the circuit court does not have subject-matter jurisdiction over the…