Legal Opinion
Slater v. Biehl
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 21, 2002No. 98-CV-1389PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
James Slater sued Gloria Biehl, the wife of the Ambassador from Chile to the United States, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for damages arising from an automobile collision alleged to have been caused by the negligence of Biehl. Biehl answered the complaint denying negligence, and later moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The trial court dismissed the case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1351(2) (1994 & Supp. IV 1998), which provides that federal “district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the states, of all civil…
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