Anika Smart v. Jaguar Land Rover North Amercica, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
Smart filed her operative complaint in state court in June 2022,° asserting claims against Defendant Jaguar Land Rover North America for breach of express warranties and breach of implied warranties.* Jaguar removed the action in Pl.’s Motion to Remand (the Motion”) [ECF No. 8-1]. The Court considered the following papers: (1) Compl. (the “Complaint” ) [ECF No. 1-1]; (2) the Motion (including its attachments); (3) Pl.’s Opp’n to the Motion (the “Opposition” ) [ECF No. 9]; and (4) Def.’s Reply in Supp. of the Motion [ECF No. 11]. Unless otherwise indicated, all dates are in 2022. ‘ See Complaint. CIVIL MINUTES— sa : Page 1 of GENERAL Initials of Deputy Clerk djl
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August,5 and Smart filed the instant Motion later that month. In September, the Court directed the parties to conduct jurisdictional discovery and to provide supplemental briefing regarding Smart’s Motion.
II. LEGAL STANDARD
Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. Accordingly, “[t]hey possess only that power…