Soo Tractor Sweeprake Co., doing business as Radius Steel Fabrication v. Gavin/Solmonese LLC; Ted Gavin, Individually; Stephen Kunkel

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 17-2985
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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
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City
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Submitted: June 14, 2018
Filed: June 25, 2018
[Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Soo Tractor Sweeprake Co. (Soo) appeals the district court’s dismissal, for1
lack of standing, of its diversity action asserting contract and commercial tort claims.
The Honorable Leonard T. Strand, Chief Judge, United States District Court1
for the Northern District of Iowa.

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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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