Legal Opinion
Navarro Savings Assn. v. Lee
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 19, 1980No. 79-465PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
446 U.S. 458 (1980)
NAVARRO SAVINGS ASSN.
v.
LEE ET AL.
No. 79-465.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued March 18, 1980.
Decided May 19, 1980.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.
Bernus Wm. Fischman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Lawrence S. Fischman.
James A. Ellis, Jr., argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.
2Opinion of the Court · PowellJustice Powell
The question is whether the trustees of a business trust may invoke the diversity jurisdiction of the federal courts on the basis of their own citizenship, rather than that of the trust's beneficial shareholders.
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3Cases cited48 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Strawbridge v. CurtissSupreme Court of the United States · 1806
- Navarro Savings Assn. v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Morrissey v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Great Southern Fire Proof Hotel Company v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
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