Legal Opinion
Scot Typewriter Co. v. Underwood Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 4, 1959PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
This action, originally commenced in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, was removed to this Court on the defendant’s petition alleging diversity of citizenship between it and the plaintiff, a New York corporation.
The plaintiff now moves to remand the action to the State Court on the ground that there is no diversity and that accordingly the requisite federal jurisdiction is lacking.
The motion is based upon the recent amendment to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 which provides that for purposes of diversity jurisdiction, a corporation
“ * * * shall be deemed a citizen of any…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Jansson v. Swedish American LineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
- Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Continental Coal Corp. v. Roszelle Bros.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1917
- Burdick v. DillonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1906
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3Cited by139 opinions
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- Industrial Tectonics, Inc. v. Aero Alloy, a California Corporation Die Cast Products, Inc., a California Corporation, AKA Metal Products GroupCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- In Re Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1999
- R. G. Barry Corporation v. Mushroom Makers, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
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