Legal Opinion
Curtis v. Peerless Insurance Company
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided May 13, 1969No. 1-68-Civ-288PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DEVITT, Chief Judge.
In this action for false imprisonment, the threshold question, as it must be, is one of proper federal jurisdiction.
Plaintiff John Curtis seeks damages for false imprisonment, and for deprivation of his civil rights under the Civil Rights Acts, specifically §§ 1983 and 1985 of Title 42 U.S.C.A. Plaintiff Dorothy Curtis seeks damages for injuries allegedly sustained by her in her role as John’s wife. Each attempts to mount jurisdiction on diversity of citizenship, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332, and on the pursuit of redress for the deprivation of a federally…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Michael Wayne Dean v. Pascual Q. Olibas, Doing Business as Freedom Bail BondsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Urbano v. McCorkleDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1971
- Landry v. A-Able Bonding, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Rylewicz v. Beaton Services, Ltd.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
- State v. MathisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1998
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