No. 20-170
Karen Chongah Han v. Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
Tags: civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-court-discretion federal-courts judicial-estoppel legal-standing procedural-dismissal standing subject-matter-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2020-10-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel can be applied to defeat subject matter jurisdiction
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED : Whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel can be applied to defeat subject matter jurisdiction that otherwise exists—while it cannot be used to create subject matter jurisdiction that otherwise does not exist—such that a federal court has discretion to dismiss a plaintiff's diversity action with prejudice for its alleged change in position regarding matters of subject matter jurisdiction that | are unrelated to the merits of a case? i
Docket Entries
2020-10-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
2020-09-25
Reply of petitioner Karen Chongah Han filed. (Distributed)
2020-09-16
Brief of respondent Hankook Tire in opposition filed.
2020-08-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2020)
Attorneys
Hankook Tire
Jeffry Hugh Ray — Ray Pena McChristian, PC, Respondent
Jeffry Hugh Ray — Ray Pena McChristian, PC, Respondent