Legal Opinion
Stonybrook Tenants Association, Inc. v. Alpert
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 31, 1961No. Civ. 8604PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs 1 move, pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 1447, to remand this case to the Superior Court for Fairfield County, from which it was removed to this Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441, by defendants Hyman Alpert and Joseph Alpert.
Question
The question presented by the motion to remand is whether two inactive Connecticut corporations named as defendants — both of which have been liquidated, have neither assets nor liabilities and are in the process of dissolution— are necessary or indispensable parties defendant so as to destroy requisite diversity of citizenship.
The…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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