Legal Opinion
Donald W. Eldridge v. Richfield Oil Corporation, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 9, 1966No. 20673PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, District Judge:
In 1958, Congress amended 28 U.S.C. § 1332 by adding Section (c):
“For the purposes of this section and section 1441 of this title, a corporation shall be deemed a citizen of any State by which it has been incorporated and of the State where it has its principal place of business: * *
Appellant’s counsel, unaware of the amendment, sought to invoke jurisdiction of the Federal District Court on the ground that diversity of citizenship existed between appellant and appellee, by filing a complaint for bodily injury damage in which it was alleged that plaintiff was and is a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Eldridge v. Richfield Oil CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1965
3Cited by7 opinions
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