Legal Opinion
Willems v. Barclays Bank D. C. O.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 30, 1966No. 65 Civ. 3392PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOPER, District Judge.
Defendant Barclay’s Bank moves to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint. Motion granted.
Defendant contests this Court’s jurisdiction, asserting a lack of diversity. We find that there is jurisdiction.
Plaintiff Willems is a New York citizen, while plaintiff Pan-American Industries is a Delaware corporation. Defendant Bank is a British corporation.
The diversity statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1332 provides in pertinent part:(a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $10,000, exclusive of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strawbridge v. CurtissSupreme Court of the United States · 1806
- Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Huntington v. AttrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Colegrove v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Goldstein v. SiegelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
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