First Circuit· 2/27/2001

Christopher v. Stanley-Bostitch, Inc.

Citations

240 F.3d 95
2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 2796
2001 WL 173912

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finding that the district court’s ruling on substantive issue in remanded case “impermissibly intruded into a matter properly left to the state courts”
“When a federal court concludes that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a case, it is precluded from rendering any judgments on the merits of the case.”
“When a federal court concludes that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a ease, it is precluded from rendering any judgments on the merits of the case.”
“[W]hatever .incidental power the court retains cannot go to the merits of the underlying action. Rather, orders relating to the merits of the underlying action are void if issued without subject matter jurisdiction.”

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Judges: Lipez, Lynch, Per Curiam, Torruella

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