Legal Opinion
Smith v. Abbate
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 13, 1961PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVET, District Judge.
This action is brought by Francis R. Smith, Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and as such, Statutory Liquidator of General Mutual Fire Insurance and Reinsurance Company (Dissolved) against more than 1,500 defendants, of whom approximately 50 to 60 have heretofore been served.
Motions have been made by various defendants to dismiss the complaint for lack of the requisite jurisdictional amount in that the “matter in controversy” does not exceed $10,000.
The action is based on diversity and the individual claims for deficiency assessments run from…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Gibbs v. BuckSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Healy v. RattaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Thomson v. GaskillSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- KVOS, Inc. v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Fratto v. Northern Insurance Company of New YorkDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
- Rompe v. YablonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
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