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· 8/18/2011

Brown v. Eli Lilly and Co.

Citations

  • 654 F.3d 347
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 17113
  • 2011 WL 3625105

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “the elimination of non-diverse defendants prior to judgment saves the action from dismissal for lack of jurisdiction”
  • explaining that the opposing party “must do more than simply show that there is some metaphysical doubt as to the material facts”
  • explaining that the opposing party “must do more than simply show that there is some metaphysical doubt as to the material facts”
  • concluding, where the party incorrectly assumed the judgment was a nullity, that “a judgment expressly certified as final under Rule 54(b) is no less final for omitting a statement supporting a determination that there is no reason for delay”
  • deeming challenge “abandoned” where appellant “has offered no argument as to . . . why the [d]istrict [c]ourt erred” (emphasis added)
  • deeming challenge “abandoned” where appellant “has offered no argument as to how . . . the [d]istrict [c]ourt erred” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Miner, Walker, Wesley

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