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· 7/17/2006

Patricia A. Luna v. United States

Citations

  • 454 F.3d 631
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 17934
  • 2006 WL 1975400

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • district court erred by follow- ing recent decision of intermediate state court that departed from state supreme court precedent
  • “[T]he district court should not be making contrary [state-law] predictions when this court has ruled squarely on the matter.”
  • \[T]he district court should not be making contrary predictions [about state law] when [the Seventh Circuit] has ruled squarely on the matter.\
  • “[T]he district court should not be making contrary predictions when this court has ruled squarely on the matter.”
  • “The district court had subject-matter jurisdiction because [plaintiff] brought her claim under the FTCA, which is to say she presented the district court with a federal question.”

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Judges: Easterbrook, Manion, Sykes

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