Legal Opinion
Lang v. Colonial Pipeline Company
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 5, 1967No. Civ. A. 40823PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN MORGAN DAVIS, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, all citizens of Pennsylvania, have brought this action against the defendant corporation which was incorporated in Delaware and has its principal place of business in a state other than Pennsylvania. They seek to eject the defendant from their land in Chester County, Pennsylvania and to obtain damages for trespass. In the present posture of the case, there is jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship although the plaintiffs state that their action arises under the Fifth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Strawbridge v. CurtissSupreme Court of the United States · 1806
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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