Legal Opinion
Morris v. Hotel Riviera, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1983No. 82-5734PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants Sheldon and Naomi Morris and Continental Insurance Company (Continental) seek $75,000 damages for jewels lost when the Morrises were guests of the appellee, Hotel Riviera, Inc. (Riviera). Riviera contends that the Nevada Innkeeper Statute, Nev.Rev.Stat. § 651.010 (1979), limits appellants’ potential recovery to $750 and renders them unable to satisfy the $10,000 amount in controversy required by 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1976) for diversity actions. The Morrises and Continental maintain that the statute violates the fourteenth amendment’s equal protection clause and therefore does not…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Land v. DollarSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. Maryland Savings-Share Ins. Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Robert J. Pachinger v. Mgm Grand Hotel-Las Vegas, Inc., and Does I Through V, InclusiveCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Valley Bank of Nevada, a Nevada Banking Corporation v. Plus System, Inc., a Delaware Membership CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Morris v. Hotel Riviera, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Bonner v. Minico, Inc.Arizona Supreme Court · 1988
- Linda M. Goetz, Ryan Craig Goetz, Robert Stephen Goetz v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Aetna Life and Casualty, and Casualty and Surety DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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