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· 5/10/1995

Lynne M. Ammerman v. Robert Sween

Citations

  • 54 F.3d 423
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 10467
  • 67 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1249
  • 1995 WL 274460

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming retention of supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims against employee defendant due to common nucleus of operative facts with remaining federal claims against employer defendant
  • noting that, under § 1367(a), “judicial power to hear both state and federal claims exists where the federal claim has sufficient substance to confer subject matter juris- diction on the court, and the state and federal claims derive from a common nucleus of operative facts”
  • court had supplemental jurisdiction over state tort claim against co-worker for assault and battery because the relevant facts were a subset of facts supporting the Title VII claim against the employer

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Judges: Posner, Cummings, Bauer

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