Stromberg Metal Works, Inc., and Comfort Control, Inc. v. Press Mechanical, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that \[e]ven the strongest language choosing\ a particular state's law does not bind non-parties to the contract
• stating that \[e]ven the strongest language choosing [another state's] law for purposes of interpreting the subcontracts would not necessarily bind\ non-parties to the contract because \ they did not sign the contracts\
• stating, under Illinois law, that “[e]f-forts to ‘pierce the corporate veil’ are governed by the law of the state of incorporation”
• interpreting § 1367 as granting courts jurisdiction over pendent plaintiffs who do not satisfy the jurisdictional amount
• finding a state law claim did not predominate over the federal claim where both claims drew from the same set of necessary facts
• finding supplemental jurisdiction where one plaintiff did not meet the amount-in-controversy requirement, but nonetheless had suffered injury from the same conduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).