No. 18-419

Len Boogaard, et ux., as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Derek Boogaard, Deceased v. National Hockey League, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights federal-jurisdiction forfeiture judicial-discretion pleading-requirements remand removal state-law-claims tort-law
Key Terms:
Takings LaborRelations JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2018-11-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the federal courts abused their discretion in usurping a states' power to adjudicate common law tort claims

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the federal courts abused their discretion in usurping a states’ power to adjudicate common law tort claims originally filed in state court, where the district court denied remand and dismissed Plaintiffs’ state law claims based on interpretation of another state’s pleading requirements and found forfeiture of Plaintiffs’ claims even though the Court had previously found them viable. I

Docket Entries

2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-10-31
Waiver of right of respondents National Hockey League, et al. to respond filed.
2018-09-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 2, 2018)

Attorneys

Len Boogard, et ux., as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Derek Boogard, Deceased
William T GibbsCorboy & Demetrio, PC, Petitioner
National Hockey League, et al.
Joseph BaumgartenProskauer Rose, LLP, Respondent