United States Seventh Circuit
McMillian v. Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, 07-3370
In an action seeking to recover damages for injuries sustained, district court's grant of final judgment on behalf of defendants is vacated and remanded with instructions to dismiss the action for want of subject matter jurisdiction as plaintiff did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the total amount of damages would reach the jurisdictional amount in controversy threshold.
Appellate Information
- Argued 10/30/2008
- Decided 05/29/2009
- Published 05/29/2009
Judges
- RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and TINDER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Michael B. King (argued), King & Associates, Jonesboro, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Ian A. Stewart, Melissa A. Murphy-Petros, (argued), Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Perry C. Rocco (argued), Menges & Molzahn, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.