No. 20-170

Karen Chongah Han v. Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-court-discretion federal-courts judicial-estoppel legal-standing procedural-dismissal standing subject-matter-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
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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 RayRay Pena McChristian, PC, Respondent
Jeffry Hugh RayRay Pena McChristian, PC, Respondent
Karen Chongah Han
Karen Chongah Han — Petitioner
Karen Chongah Han — Petitioner