Legal Opinion
Hammer v. British Type Investors, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 20, 1933PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
This is a motion by the plaintiffs to remand to the New York Supreme Court an action commenced there and removed by the defendant to this court because of diversity of citizenship. It is not disputed that the plaintiffs are of New York and the defendant of Delaware. The point raised by the plaintiffs concerns the jurisdictional minimum of $3,000.
There are thirty-two plaintiffs and a single defendant. The complaint contains thirty-two causes of action, one in behalf of each plaintiff. In each cause of action it is alleged that the particular plaintiff bought stock…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Barney v. LathamSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Troy Bank v. G. A. Whitehead & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Pinel v. PinelSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Walter v. Northeastern RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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- Cashmere Valley Bank v. Pacific Fruit & Produce Co.District Court, E.D. Washington · 1940
- Tenenbaum v. Walter E. Heller & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1970
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