Legal Opinion
Haymes v. Columbia Pictures Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 2, 1954PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
This is a stockholder’s derivative action in which jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship. The defendants, challenging the existence of the necessary diversity, move before answer to dismiss the action for lack of jurisdiction. The defendants contend that plaintiff is not a citizen of Nevada as alleged in her complaint, but is, in fact, a citizen of either New York or California. The defendants include a New York corporation and a California corporation. If their contention that plaintiff is a citizen of either New York or California is upheld, there is…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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