Legal Opinion
Rowley v. Sierra S. S. Co.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided October 8, 1942No. Civil Action 21277PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKIN, District Judge.
The plaintiff filed a complaint against the defendant under the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, Title 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, praying for a judgment in the sum of $2,511.-50 for personal injuries and expense. The defendant filed a motion “for an order dismissing the complaint on the ground that the court is without jurisdiction, no diversity of citizenship being shown and the prayer of the complaint being for less than the jurisdictional amount of $3,000.”
The question presented is this: Should the cause be dismissed from this court because the matter in controversy does not…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Carlisle Packing Co. v. SandangerSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Panama Railroad v. VasquezSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Plamals v. S. S. "Pinar Del Rio"Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Brown v. C. D. Mallory & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Branic v. Wheeling Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1946
- Mullen v. Fitz Simons & Connell Dredge & Dock Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
- Ballard v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
- Klineburger v. MaritransSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Gavelek v. Coscol Petroleum Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1979
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