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BOATMAN v. TOWN OF OAKLAND, FLA.

No. 94-2825.

76 F.3d 341 (1996)

William BOATMAN; Mary Jane Boatman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TOWN OF OAKLAND, FLORIDA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Woodson, Law Office of Thomas D. Woodson, Ocoee, FL, for Appellant.

Elizabeth C. Wheeler, Johnson & Bussey, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, and HILL, Senior Circuit Judge.

TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

The dispute in this case is not grist for the mill of a United States district court; rather, it belongs in state court. We therefore vacate the district court's judgment and direct the court to dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

I.

A.

The warring parties are the Town of Oakland, a small community in Orange County, Florida,1 and two of its residents, William and Mary...

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