McLaughlin v. Mississippi Power Co.

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• noting that a “district court can retain jurisdiction over [a] counterclaim” if the original claims are dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction (emphasis added)
• finding that a district court order was not a final judgment because the district court did not intend to end the litigation with its order and continued to issue orders in the case
• complete diversity requires all persons on one side of controversy to be citizens of different states than all persons on other side
• supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims only appropriate when there are also pending federal claims
• “[A] decision is final if the only claims not disposed of by the district court were abandoned.”
• “If an independent jurisdictional ground exists for a counterclaim, the district court can retain jurisdiction over the counterclaim even if the original claims are dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Kuehne & Nagel (AG & Co

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