· 11/9/1995
The Wellness Community Tm-National v. Wellness House F/k/a the Wellness Community Tm Chicago/western Suburbs
Citations
- 70 F.3d 46
- 1995 WL 669198
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- holding that when the complaint is amended to drop the jurisdiction-conferring claim, there can be no supplemental jurisdiction based on a claim in the original complaint
- holding that an amended complaint, “which dropped all federal claims,” defeated diversity jurisdiction
- explaining that the original pleading, once superseded, cannot be used to cure defects in the amended pleading
- collecting cases and holding that the filing of an amended complaint moots a previous motion for default judgment
- it is “well established that the amended pleading supersedes the original pleading”
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Judges: Cummings, Rovner, Wood
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