Arnav Industries, Inc. v. Dreskin

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

There are those who believe that diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (1976), is a safeguard that has outlived its usefulness and provides a basis for diverting matters into the federal courts that properly belong in the state courts. Indeed, hardly a year passes without legislation being proposed to eliminate diversity jurisdiction. This action, a landlord-tenant dispute concerning New York State’s complex rent stabilization laws, brought against a New Jersey individual by a New York corporation which hopes to avoid an adverse determination by the…