United States Seventh Circuit

District court dismissal of a dispute over non-compete covenants in an arbitration agreement is vacated and remanded for dismissal on grounds of lack of subject matter jurisdiction where the parties were non-diverse, and all parties were aliens.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/02/2006
• Published 11/02/2006

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Norman J. Lerum, Chicago, IL, William J. Wolf (argued), Bugg & Wolf, Durham, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Addie K.S. Ries, Kirk Alan Parry (argued), Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, Raleigh, NC, for Defendants-Appellees.