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BRACKEN v. MATGOURANIS

Nos. 01-3800, 01-3801.

296 F.3d 160 (2002)

Cheryl Ann BRACKEN; H. David Rothman, Appellants, v. Panorea MATGOURANIS; Dianna Calaboyias Wyrick; William J. Wyrick; Reed Smith, a partnership or limited liability partnership; Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, a partnership or limited liability partnership. Cheryl Ann Bracken; H. David Rothman, Appellants, v. Martin P. Matgouranis; Panorea Matgouranis; Dianna C. Wyrick; William J. Wyrick.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed July 15, 2002.

As Amended August 5, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. David Rothman, Pittsburgh, PA, for appellants.

John W. Murtagh, Jr., Murtagh & Cahill, Wexford, PA, Mary Kate Coleman, Riley, McNulty, Hewitt & Sweitzer, Pittsburgh, PA, for appellee, Panorea Matgouranis.

W. Thomas McGough, Jr., John C. Unkovic, Roy W. Arnold, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA, for appellees, Dianna C. Wyrick, Reed Smith, Shaw & McClay.

Louis C. Long, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Pittsburgh, PA, David B. White, Carol L. Hesz, Jennifer H. Guinee, Burns, White & Hickton, Pittsburgh, PA, for appellees, William J. Wyrick, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck.

BEFORE: ROTH, RENDELL, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) June 14, 2002.

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents an esoteric question of federal jurisdiction considered by the United States Supreme Court nearly a century ago in Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mottley, 211 U.S. 149, 29 S.Ct. 42, 53 L.Ed. 126 (1908), and rarely reviewed since. The issue is whether the plaintiffs in a state-suit for defamation confer subject...

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