United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants on intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation claims is vacated for lack of supplemental jurisdiction where those claims are not part of the same civil action as a discrimination claim and ancillary jurisdiction over a contract claim is not original jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2005
• Published 11/16/2005

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, HANSEN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patricia Rudck Monson, argued, Fargo, ND, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald Francis Fischer, argued, Grand Forks, ND, for appellee.