Skipping directly to the
issue of subject matter jurisdiction, the court (incorrectly) characterized Pfizer's argument as one based on fraudulent misjoinder rather than fraudulent joinder.
The court's straightforward application of the statutory bar to appellate review of remand orders based on lack
of subject matter jurisdiction rejects the notion that the AIA somehow creates an exception to that longstanding bar to appellate review.
It has jurisdiction only in three settings: (1) where a party seeks to invoke an equitable right; (2) where the plaintiff lacks an adequate remedy at law; and (3) where there is a statutory
delegation of subject matter jurisdiction.
Although finding that an absolute
lack of subject matter jurisdiction might preclude a costs award in the right circumstances (but not reaching the issue), the appellate court found that the trial court did have jurisdiction to determine the exclusivity defense such that costs were in order.
The district court agreed, dismissing the case «for lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.»
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals sustained the ruling, finding that the defense's complete offer to settle the case was sufficient ground to dismiss for lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.
In the order appealed from, the Family Court granted the mother's motion to dismiss the father's petitions based on lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.
Accordingly, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Respondents» motion to vacate for lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.
Iraq (the new government) moved to dismiss for lack
of subject matter jurisdiction, arguing that it was not a party to the contracts (rather SOMO was) and that the alleged breaches did not have direct effect on the U.S. because the place of performance was Iraq and that there was no evidence that any oil would go to U.S. customers.
On appeal, the Circuit did not address the issue
of subject matter jurisdiction first, relying on the Circuit's practice from time to time of «exercising discretion to consider an FNC dismissal without first adjudicating issues of subject matter jurisdiction».
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Respondents» motion to vacate for lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.
The Delaware court struck the equitable claims for failure to state a claim and dismissed the ancillary law claims for lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.
Motion To Dismiss For Lack
Of Subject Matter Jurisdiction / Plea To Jurisdiction 6.
Oct. 25, 2016), the court has been rather hostile to such removals, swiftly remanding case after case for lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.
Finding the joinder of all sixty - four plaintiffs» claims proper, the court ordered the case remanded to state court for lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.
The U.S. District Court Judge Roy Dalton, Jr., tossed Waffle House's motion due to purported lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.
Therefore, the court held that because the activity for which Wilder sought recovery clearly was brokerage activity in which Wilder had no right to engage without a Connecticut real estate broker's license, Wilder was barred from pursuing the action, and the case was dismissed for lack
of subject matter jurisdiction.