Miller Aviation v. Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[w]hen a ‘claim plainly lacks merit, it is better [for the Court of Appeals] to resolve it on the merits rather than remand for a determination by the district judge’ . . . .”
• finding that a case in which the district court considered 22 motions, held nine hearings, and issued 19 orders over five years would result in a \duplication of effort\ by the state court if remanded.
• acknowledging contrary precedent in Interface Group, but rejecting claim in light of Alexander v. Sandoval
• considering protracted nature of case and substantive orders in reversing district court's decision to relinquish supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims
• reversing remand of state law claims on judicial efficiency grounds because the district court had expended “considerable” resources on the case by resolving 22 motions, issuing 19 detailed orders, and holding nine hearings
• reversing decision to decline supplemental jurisdiction where case was five years old

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