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· 11/4/1994

Louie Morris, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. City of Hobart, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

Citations

  • 39 F.3d 1105
  • 29 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1135
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 30692
  • 66 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 285

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  • concluding that a claimed breach of a settlement agreement was not an action brought under Title VII
  • holding that the case was dismissed with prejudice (a final disposition) because neither party acted in accordance with a closing order that gave the parties sixty days to reopen the proceedings or else face dismissal
  • concluding that where plaintiff did not identify federal law creating cause of action for contract claim, “federal jurisdiction will lie only if resolution of th[e] breach of contract claim requires resolution of a substantial question of federal law”
  • concluding that where plaintiff did not identify federal law creating cause of action for contract claim, “federal jurisdiction will lie only if resolution of th[e] breach of contract claim requires resolution of a substantial question of federal law”
  • finding that agreement arising out of Title VII case did not grant federal ques tion jurisdiction over enforcement of agreement
  • stating that a case arises under federal law if the complaint establishes that federal law creates the cause of action

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Judges: Tacha, Kelly, Vratil

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