U.S.I. Properties Corp. v. M.D. Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the Court specifically declined to address Thomas' claim as a fraudulent conveyance claim
• explaining that Peacock drew “a distinction between postjudgment proceedings that simply present a mode of execution to collect an existing judgment and proceedings that raise an independent controversy with a new party, attempting to shift liability.”
• avoiding a complex Eleventh Amendment question in favor of a simpler statutory subject matter jurisdiction question
• defining “State” to include Puerto Rico for purposes of diversity jurisdiction under 28 U. S. C. §1332
• stating arms and alter egos in effect stand in the same position as the State and are therefore not subject to diversity jurisdiction.
• \Nor is it sufficient to rely on the incorporation of state procedures in Rule 69(a) to establish federal enforcement jurisdiction.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).