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KOKKONEN v. GUARDIAN LIFE INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. 93-263.

511 U.S. 375 (1994)

KOKKONEN v. GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

United States Supreme Court.

Decided May 16, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Reynolds Jencks argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Frank C. Morris, Jr., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Thomas R. Bagby and Andrea R. Calem.*

Scalia, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Scalia, delivered the opinion of the Court.

After respondent Guardian Life Insurance Company1 terminated petitioner's general agency agreement, petitioner brought suit in California Superior Court alleging various state-law claims. Respondent removed the case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on the basis of diversity jurisdiction and filed state-law counterclaims. After closing arguments...

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