Legal Opinion
Kantor v. Wellesley Galleries, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1983No. 82-5121PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
This appeal poses the question whether a “stateless alien” who is domiciled in one of the several states can sue or be sued in federal court pursuant to diversity of citizenship jurisdiction as enacted in 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1). Appellant filed a state law tort action in federal court alleging diversity of citizenship. Appellant is domiciled in New York but he is neither a citizen of the United States nor of any other country. The district court dismissed the complaint, concluding that because appellant is not a citizen of the United States he cannot be a “citizen of a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by135 opinions
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