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IN RE ESTATE OF SHEPPARD

No. 87-3008.

658 F.Supp. 729 (1987)

In re The ESTATE OF James A. SHEPPARD, A Minor. The ESTATE OF James A. SHEPPARD, A Minor, Plaintiff, v. CATERPILLAR, INC., Allstate Insurance Co., and Mennonite Hospital, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

April 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren Thomsen, Bloomington, Ill., for plaintiff.

Francis Brady, Jr., Bloomington, Ill., guardian ad litem.

Timothy F. Haley, Maureen A. Gorman, Chicago, Ill., Theodore R. Johnson, Nancy L. Snowden, Peoria, Ill., for Caterpillar, Inc.

John L. Morel, Bloomington, Ill., for Allstate Ins. Co.

William B. Lawrence, Bloomington, Ill., Mennonite Hosp.

OPINION ORDER

MILLS, District Judge:

The employer here may not enter the federal court by the back stairs when the main door to the courthouse is locked.

Can the mere fact that ERISA is involved in this suit confer federal jurisdiction?

No.

The Estate of James Sheppard originally brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Illinois, McLean County. In re Estate of Sheppard, No. 86-P-309 (Cir.Ct. McLean Co., filed Nov. 12, 1986...

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