Legal Opinion
Caperton v. Pocahontas
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 30, 1976No. Civ. A. 750777, 750388, 750322 and 750323PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
TURK, Chief Justice.
By Order dated December 24, 1975 these four cases against the Beatrice Pocahontas Coal Company, the Virginia Pocahontas Coal Company and the Island Creek Coal Company were consolidated for the purpose of determining whether diversity jurisdiction existed in this court on November 20, 1975, the date on which Civil Action No. 750777 was filed. 1 The plaintiffs were all citizens of Virginia on that date and the specific question presented is whether the Virginia Pocahontas Coal Company (hereinafter “Virginia Pocahontas”) and the Beatrice Pocahontas Coal…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Scot Typewriter Co. v. Underwood Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1959
- Kelly v. United States Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Harold Lee Jones v. Superintendent, Virginia State FarmCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Lurie Company v. Loew's San Francisco Hotel Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 1970
- Coles v. Humble Oil & Refining CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1972
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Caperton v. Beatrice Pocahontas Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Estelle W. Sligh v. John DoeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- Alvarado Morales v. Digital Equipment Corp.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1987
- Grimm v. Plasma Processing Corp.District Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1995
- Frontier Energy Corp. v. BrodaDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1995
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