Legal Opinion

Duze v. Woolley

District Court, D. Hawaii

Decided July 15, 1947No. Civ. 768PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

Judgment was entered in this case April 17, 1947, and by appropriate motion made July 3, the defendant seeks to set it aside upon the ground that the Act of April 20, 1940, 54 Stat. 143, amending 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(1) so as to give this Court diversity of citizenship jurisdiction, is unconstitutional.

This suit was brought by a citizen of the State of California against a resident of the Territory of Hawaii and the requisite jurisdictional amount was alleged and established. The suit was predicated upon a joint venture and in general an accounting was sought. While…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. McGarry v. City of BethlehemDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1942
  2. Winkler v. DanielsDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1942
  3. Behlert v. James Foundation of New York, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1945
  4. Glaeser v. Acacia Mut. Life Ass'nDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1944
  5. Ostrow v. Samuel Brilliant Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1946

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. National Mutual Insurance v. Tidewater Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. National Mut. Ins. v. Tidewater Transfer Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
  3. National Mutual Insurance v. Tidewater Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949

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