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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA v. THOMAS

No. 99-13824.

220 F.3d 1235 (2000)

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert R. THOMAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 31, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott B. Smith, Stewart M. Cox, Rusha C. Smith, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP, Bennett L. Pugh, Carr, Allison, Pugh, Oliver & Sisson, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Alexander M. Weisskopf, Birmingham, AL, Thomas C. Baxter, Jr., Fed. Reserve Bank of N.Y., New York City, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CARNES, MARCUS and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises a question of first impression regarding a Federal Reserve Bank's entitlement to proceed in federal court even where diversity jurisdiction does not exist and the underlying dispute involves so peculiarly a creature of state law as a state worker's compensation statute. Appellant Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta ("Federal Reserve") initiated this case by filing a "Petition for Determination of Disputed Claim for Worker's Compensation...

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