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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION

CZH, LLC d/b/a BLACK DIAMOND'S, BOOTHEEL HARLEY-DAVIDSON,

) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO., INC., ) ) Defendant. )

Case No. 1:11-CV-99 SNLJ

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on review of the file following assignment to the undersigned. The Eight Circuit has admonished district courts to "be attentive to a satisfaction of jurisdictional requirements in all cases." Sanders v. Clemco Indus., 823 F.2d 214, 216 (8th Cir. 1987). "In every federal case the court must be satisfied that it has jurisdiction before it turns to the merits of other legal arguments." Carlson v. Arrowhead Concrete Works, Inc., 445 F.3d 1046, 1050 (8th Cir. 2006). "A plaintiff who seeks to invoke diversity jurisdiction of the federal courts must plead citizenship distinctly and affirmatively." 15 James Wm. Moore, et al., Moore's Federal Practice

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