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Civil Practice – Federal Jurisdiction – Diversity – S.C. Corporations – Merger
Mendenall v. Walterboro Veneer, Inc. </emAt the time plaintiff filed her complaint (and even at the time her cause of action arose), the S.C. corporations that plaintiff named as defendants had already merged into the surviving out-of-state corporation. The S.C. defendants no longer exist; therefore, there is no possibility that plaintiff could establish a cause of action against them. Comp[...]
Civil Practice – Federal Jurisdiction – Federal Question – HIPAA – Unfair Trade Practices — Remand
McKnight v. Surgical Associates of Myrtle Beach LLC Even though, as an element of her state-law unfair trade practices claim, plaintiff alleges that defendants violated a federal law - the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) - this allegation alone is insufficient to give this court federal question jurisdiction over plaintiff’s claim. Plaintiff’s [...]
Civil Practice – Federal Jurisdiction – Diversity – Corporate – ‘Nerve Center’ – Amount in Controversy – Punitive Damages
McClurkin v. Champion Laboratories, Inc. Even though the defendant-corporation has a facility in South Carolina, since it was incorporated in Delaware and has its “nerve center” in Illinois, defendant is a citizen of Delaware and Illinois but not of South Carolina. Plaintiff’s motion to remand to state court is denied. A corporation’s principal place of business is where the[...]
Civil Practice – Federal Jurisdiction – Removal – Class Action Fairness Act – State as Plaintiff – Parens Patriae – Remand — Antitrust
South Carolina v. LG Display Co. The State of South Carolina filed this antitrust action seeking civil forfeitures and statutory penalties pursuant to its parens patriae power in addition to seeking restitution on behalf of a particular subset of S.C. citizens. As such, this case is not removable under the Class Action Fairness Act. The state’s motion to remand to state court is gran[...]
Civil Rights – PPACA – Individual Mandate – University Challenge – Civil Practice – Federal Jurisdiction – Anti-Injunction Act
Liberty University Inc. v. Geithner The 4th Circuit has no jurisdiction to hear Liberty University’s constitutional challenge to the “individual mandate” of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as the federal Anti-Injunction Act strips the federal court of jurisdiction; the 4th Circuit vacates the district court decision upholding the individual mandate and remands the ca[...]
Civil Practice – Federal Jurisdiction – Diversity – Corporate – ‘Nerve Center’
Central W.Va. Energy Co. v. Mountain State Carbon LLC. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-074-11, 12 pp.) (Wynn, J.) No. 10-1486, April 13, 2011; USDC at Beckley, W.Va. (Johnston, J.) 4th Cir. […]
Civil Practice – Federal Jurisdiction – Fraudulent Joinder – Insurance – Breach of Contract – Tort/Negligence – Misrepresentations
Hendrix Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-040-10, 14 pp.) (Henry M. Herlong Jr., Sr. J.) D.S.C. Holding: Where (1) plaintiff waited until after removal to […]
Business Law
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- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
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- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
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