Legal Opinion
Wachovia Bank, National Ass'n v. Schmidt
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 17, 2006No. 04-1186PublishedCited by 633 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
This case concerns the citizenship, for purposes of federal-court diversity jurisdiction, of national banks, i. e., corporate entities chartered not by any State, but by the Comptroller of the Currency of the U. S. Treasury. Congress empowered federal district courts to adjudicate civil actions between “citizens of different States” where the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000. 28 U. S. C. § 1332(a)(1). A business organized as a corporation, for diversity jurisdiction purposes, is “deemed to be a citizen of any State by which it has been incorporated” and, since 1958, also “of the State…
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