TRADING CO. OF NORTH AMERICA v. BRISTOL TOWNSHIP

No. Civ.A. 97-6061.

47 F.Supp.2d 563 (1999)

TRADING COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plaintiff, v. BRISTOL TOWNSHIP AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

April 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Wilmer, Media, PA, for Trading Company of North America, Inc., plaintiff.

Karen M. Quinn, Stief, Waite, Gross, Sagoskin & Gilman, Newtown, PA, Michael T. Stewart, Peri and Stewart, Newtown, PA, for Bristol Township Authority, defendant.

Larry Haft, Timby & Dillon, P.C., Newtown, PA, for Township of Bristol, jointly and severally, defendant.

Robert S. Tintner, Fox, Rothschild, Obrien & Frankel, LLP, Phila, PA, Deborah R. Popky, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien and Frankel, Philadelphia, PA, for Richard M. Snyder, individually, defendant.

L. Rostaing Tharaud, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin, Phila, PA, Joseph J. Santarone, Jr., Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Norristown, PA, Larry Haft, Timby & Dillon, P.C., Newtown, PA, for Carmen Raddi, individually, defendant.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KATZ, Senior District Judge.

Before the court is defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction. Because the Tax Injunction Act, principles of comity, and the Johnson Act bar federal jurisdiction to adjudicate plaintiffs claims, the motion will be granted.

I. Background1

The plaintiff, Trading Company of North America, Inc. (Trading Company) brought this action...

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