Legal Opinion
Kinser v. Ford Motor Credit Co.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided April 3, 1979No. Civ. No. 3-79-102PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.
The complaint in this case lists a number of causes of action against defendants based upon various federal and state laws. This Court’s jurisdiction over the state law claims is based solely on diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. During the pre-trial conference the Court became aware of a serious question as to whether diversity jurisdiction is present here. Since this question goes to the subject matter jurisdiction of this Court, the defendants’ admissions in their answers are not controlling. The Court will now address this very…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Willie B. Turner v. Impala MotorsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Myrl E. Etheridge and Billy E. Etheridge, Permanent Administrator of the Estate of Edwin E. Etheridge v. Piper Aircraft CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
3Cited by1 opinion
- Durant v. Servicemaster Co. Trugreen, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 2001