Legal Opinion
Kramer v. Caribbean Mills, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 5, 1969No. 156PublishedCited by 264 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The sole question presented by this case is whether the Federal District Court in which it was brought had jurisdiction over the cause, or whether that court was deprived of jurisdiction by 28 U. S. C. § 1359. That section provides:
“A district court shall not have jurisdiction of a civil action in which any party, by assignment or otherwise, has been improperly or collusively made or joined to invoke the jurisdiction of such court.”
The facts were these. Respondent Caribbean Mills, Inc. (Caribbean) is a Haitian corporation. In May 1959 it entered into a contract with an individual named Kelly…
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