United States Seventh Circuit

In a debt-collection action in which plaintiff sought payment of promissory notes issued by defendant-employer when it repurchased shares of its stock from plaintiff, judgment for plaintiffs on the merits is vacated, denial of motion for relief from judgment reversed, and cause remanded for a hearing on subject-matter jurisdiction where evidence indicated that plaintiffs, despite claiming diversity from defendant, might in fact be residents of defendant's state.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/16/2008
• Decided 09/10/2008
• Published 09/10/2008

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Mark J.R. Merkle (argued), Krieg Devault, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., R.C. Richmond, III (argued), Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.