Soo Tractor Sweeprake Co. v. Gavin/Solmonese LLC
Soo Tractor Sweeprake Co. v. Gavin/Solmonese LLC
Opinion
United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________
No. 17-2985 ___________________________
Soo Tractor Sweeprake Co., doing business as Radius Steel Fabrication
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
Gavin/Solmonese LLC; Ted Gavin, Individually; Stephen Kunkel
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________
Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City ____________
Submitted: June 14, 2018 Filed: June 25, 2018 [Unpublished] ____________
Before WOLLMAN, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________
PER CURIAM.
Soo Tractor Sweeprake Co. (Soo) appeals the district court’s1 dismissal, for lack of standing, of its diversity action asserting contract and commercial tort claims.
1 The Honorable Leonard T. Strand, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Having reviewed the record in light of the parties’ arguments, we agree with the district court that, under Iowa law, Soo assigned its interest in the asserted claims prior to filing the instant action. See Branson Label, Inc. v. City of Branson, 793 F.3d 910, 915-16 (8th Cir. 2015) (standard of review); Red Giant Oil Co. v. Lawlor, 528 N.W.2d 524, 533 (Iowa 1995) (“Choses in action whether for breach of contract or for tort are assignable in this state.”).
The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________
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