Legal Opinion
Partin v. Michaels Art Bronze Co., Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 13, 1953No. 10866_1PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for libel and the question involved on this appeal is the jurisdiction of a federal court to hear the case. The resort to the. federal court is on the basis of diversity only, the defendant being a Kentucky corporation and the plaintiff a citizen of Pennsylvania. The defendant in Kentucky wrote a letter which, for the purpose of this case, may be assumed defamatory. The letter was addressed to someone in New Jersey, hut the plaintiff charges that the defendant mailed it to a recipient in Pennsylvania. It will be assumed, for the purpose of discussion,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Travelers Health Assn. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Angel v. BullingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
12 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by80 opinions
- Harold Noel Arrowsmith, Jr. v. United Press InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Lone Star Package Car Co., Inc. v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Joseph M. Shealy, Jr. v. Challenger Manufacturing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Gelineau v. New York University HospitalDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1974
- Jake Harold Bowman, Philip G. Griffin, A. Donald Brinton and Midland Industries, Inc. v. Curt G. Joa, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
75 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.