Legal Opinion
Prince v. Trustees of University of Pennsylvania
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 29, 1968No. Civ. A. 38248PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BODY, District Judge.
Two separate motions involving different defendants are presently before the Court. First, the defendant Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania [hereinafter “University”] have moved to dismiss this wrongful death and survival action on the sole ground that plaintiff’s claim for damages against them cannot, as a legal certainty, reach the jurisdictional amount required in all diversity actions. 28 U.S.C. Section 1332(a) 1 Second, the two defendant drug companies, American Cyanamid Company (hereinafter “Cyanamid”) and Tenneco Chemicals, Inc.…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Sondra L. McKenna and James R. McKenna v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Anthony v. Koppers Co., Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Gee v. Tenneco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Ross v. Johns-Manville Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Acker v. PalenaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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