Lang v. Windsor Mount Joy Mut. Ins. Co., Civ. A. No. 80-983.
| Decision Date | 25 February 1981 |
| Docket Number | Civ. A. No. 80-983. |
| Parties | Theodore LANG, Jr. v. WINDSOR MOUNT JOY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. et al. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
Dante Mattioni, Reading, Pa., for plaintiff.
John W. Dry, Peter F. Cianci, Reading, Pa., for defendants.
The second part of this section affords retroactive effect to matters properly remanded from federal to state courts for purposes of statutes of limitations. The section does not, and indeed cannot, confer authority upon federal courts to transfer to state court a case over which the federal court did not have jurisdiction in the first place.
True, in diversity actions federal courts apply the substantive law of the state wherein the court sits. Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938). However, the federal Constitution and federal statutes, not state statutes, delineate the proper and possible scope of federal jurisdiction. Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger, 437 U.S. 365, 98 S.Ct. 2396, 57 L.Ed.2d 274 (1978), Holman v. Carpenter Technology Corp., 484 F.Supp. 406 (E.D.Pa.1980). Parties to litigation can neither agree to nor create federal jurisdiction. Kramer v. Caribbean Mills, Inc., 394 U.S. 823, 89 S.Ct. 1487, 23 L.Ed.2d 9 (1969). See also Curzi v. Turioscy, 507...
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