Legal Opinion
Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, L. P.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 17, 2004No. 02-1689PublishedCited by 1,346 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
This case presents the question whether a party’s post-filing change in citizenship can cure a lack of subject-matter jurisdiction that existed at the time of filing in an action premised upon diversity of citizenship. See 28 U. S. C. § 1332.
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Respondent Atlas Global Group, L. R, is a limited partnership created under Texas law. In November 1997, Atlas filed a state-law suit against petitioner Grupo Dataflux, a Mexican corporation, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The complaint contained claims for breach of contract and in quantum meruit, seeking over…
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