Legal Opinion
Davila v. Hilton Hotels International, Inc.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided April 25, 1951No. Civ. 6196PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, District Judge.
The action here is for damages for defamation brought by plaintiff, a resident of Puerto Rico, against defendant, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The suit was instituted in the District Court of Puerto Rico, San Juan Section, on March 12, 1951. The defendant corporation, on March 28, 1951, filed its petition for removal of the cause to this Court on grounds of diversity of citizenship within the meaning of Section 863 of Title 48, U.S.C.A. It appears from the record that the requisite diversity of citizenship does exist.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
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- St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Harrison v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by16 opinions
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